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The memory of bones : body, being, and experience among the classic Maya /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houston, Stephen D.
Other Authors: Stuart, David, 1965-, Taube, Karl A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Subjects:
Maya art.
Maya sculpture.
Inscriptions, Mayan.
Maya philosophy.
Human body > Social aspects.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Human figure in art.
Figure sculpture.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The classic Maya body
  • Bodies and portraits
  • Ingestion
  • Senses
  • Emotions
  • Dishonor
  • Words on wings
  • Dance, music, masking
  • Epilogue : body, being, and experience among the classic Maya.