Christina T. Halperin

Maya Figurines: Intersections Between State and Household

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first systematic analysis of ceramic figurines from multiple regions of the Southern Maya Lowlands, this book explores the construction of the Late Classic period Maya state by considering how figurines found in household refuse deposits mirror the re

Produktdetails

• Latin American and Caribbean A
• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780292771307
• ISBN-10: 0292771304
• Artikelnr.: 39742417

Autorenporträt

Christina Halperin is Lecturer at Princeton University in the Department of Art and Archeology. She coedited Mesoamerican Figurines: Small-Scale Indices of Large-Scale Social Phenomena.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. State and Household: Articulating Relations
Chapter 2. Materiality and Mimesis
Chapter 3. State Pomp and Ceremony Writ Small
Chapter 4. From Oral Narrative to Festival and Back: Tricksters, Spirit
Companions, Ritual Clowns, and Deities
Chapter 5. Figurine Political Economies
Chapter 6. Figurative Performances
Chapter 7. Comments on Maya State and Household
Appendices
Notes
References
Index