Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica
By: Rosemary A. Joyce.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Indians of Central America -- Social life and customs; Indians of Mexico -- Social life and customs; Sex role -- Central America; Sex role -- Mexico; Maya women; Aztec women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, performance, power, and representation; title: Negotiating sex and gender in formative Mesoamerica; title: Narratives of gender among the Classic Maya; title: Transforming gender: Classic to Postclassic Maya; title: Becoming human: body and person in Aztec Tenochtitlan.