The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya (Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)

335 Pages·2006·21.25 MB·English

by  Stephen Houston

THE MEMORY OF BONES
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in
Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
THE MEMORY
OF BONES
Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya
STEPHEN HOUSTON FE DAVID STUART FE KARL TAUBE
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Houston, Stephen D.
The memory of bones : body, being, and experience among the classic Maya / Stephen
Houston, David Stuart, and Karl Taube. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 13: 978-0-292-71294-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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1. Maya art. 2. Maya sculpture. 3. Inscriptions, Mayan. 4. Maya philosophy.
5. Body, Human—Social aspects. 6. Body, Human—Symbolic aspects. 7. Human
figure in art. 8. Figure sculpture. I. Stuart, David, 1965– II. Taube, Karl A. III. Title.
F1435.3.A7H68 2006
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For our mothers, Maj-Britt, Gene, and Mary
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Contents
Preamble 1
CHAPTER ONE The Classic Maya Body 11
CHAPTER TWO Bodies and Portraits 57
CHAPTER THREE Ingestion 102
CHAPTER FOUR Senses 134
CHAPTER FIVE Emotions 180
CHAPTER SIX Dishonor 202
CHAPTER SEVEN Words on Wings 227
CHAPTER EIGHT Dance, Music, Masking 252
EPILOGUE Body, Being, and
Experience among the Classic Maya 277
Bibliography 281
Index 315
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