Halperin, Christina T.,

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.



9780292709744


Maya sculpture.
Mayas--Antiquities.
State, The, in art.


Electronic Books.

F1435 / .M393 2014