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Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica / / Rosemary A. Joyce



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Autore: Joyce Rosemary A. <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica / / Rosemary A. Joyce Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 305.3/0972
Soggetto topico: Indians of Central America - Social life and customs
Indians of Mexico - Social life and customs
Sex role - Central America
Sex role - Mexico
Maya women
Aztec women
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-259) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Gender, performance, power, and representation -- Negotiating sex and gender in formative Mesoamerica -- Narratives of gender among the Classic Maya -- Transforming gender: Classic to Postclassic Maya -- Becoming human: body and person in Aztec Tenochtitlan.
Sommario/riassunto: Gender was a fluid potential, not a fixed category, before the Spaniards came to Mesoamerica. Childhood training and ritual shaped, but did not set, adult gender, which could encompass third genders and alternative sexualities as well as "male" and "female." At the height of the Classic period, Maya rulers presented themselves as embodying the entire range of gender possibilities, from male through female, by wearing blended costumes and playing male and female roles in state ceremonies. This landmark book offers the first comprehensive description and analysis of gender and power relations in prehispanic Mesoamerica from the Formative Period Olmec world (ca. 1500-500 BC) through the Postclassic Maya and Aztec societies of the sixteenth century AD. Using approaches from contemporary gender theory, Rosemary Joyce explores how Mesoamericans created human images to represent idealized notions of what it meant to be male and female and to depict proper gender roles. She then juxtaposes these images with archaeological evidence from burials, house sites, and body ornaments, which reveals that real gender roles were more fluid and variable than the stereotyped images suggest.
Titolo autorizzato: Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-292-79835-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827746003321
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