Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica

by Rosemary A. Joyce

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Gender was a fluid potential, not a fixed category, before the Spaniards came to Mesoamerica. Childhood training and ritual shaped, but did not set, adult gender, which could encompass third genders and alternative sexualities as well as "male" and "female." At the height of the Classic period, Maya rulers presented themselves as embodying the entire range of gender possibilities, from male through female, by wearing blended costumes and playing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292740654

ISBN13:9780292740655

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:287 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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