Maya figurines : intersections between state and household /
Christina T. Halperin.
- First edition.
- Austin : University ff Texas Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource : maps.
- Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture publication initiative .
"This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Iniative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
State and household: articulating relations -- Materiality and mimesis -- State pomp and ceremony writ small -- From oral narrative to festival and back: tricksters, spirit companions, ritual clowns, and deities -- Figurine political economies -- Figurative performances -- Comments on Maya state and household.
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Maya sculpture. Mayas--Antiquities. State, The, in art.