Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica

288 Pages·2000·14.179 MB·English

by  Rosemary A. Joyce

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06 Gender,Performance,Power,andRepresentation 
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NegotiatingSexandGenderinFormativeMesoamerica 
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NarrativesofGenderamongtheClassicMaya 
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TransformingGender
ClassictoPostclassicMaya 
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BecomingHuman
BodyandPersoninAztecTenochtitlan 
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PerformanceandInscription
HumanNatureinPrehispanicMesoamerica 
Notes 
ReferencesCited 
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