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This volume deals with the world of women in Mesoamerica; discussing particularly the religious and ritual aspects of gender. As its sources; it uses colonial documents of the contact period with European cultures; testimonies of the subjugated indigenous during the colonial period; as well as contemporary ethnographic studies The book starts with an analysis of healing rituals in contemporary Mexico; focusing on the "refunctionalization" of ancient beliefs and practices.From there it moves spiral-like between pre-hispanic and colonial pasts and diverse presents. The section on "orality" is a methodological proposal for the study of indigenous religious traditions.The book is illustrated with reproductions of ancient codices.