Gender in Pre-Hispanic America
Subtitle: a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12 and 13 October 1996
By: Cecelia F. Klein, editor ; Jeffrey Quilter, general editor.
Contributors: Klein, Cecelia F.; Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Indians -- Sexual behavior -- Congresses; Sex role -- Latin America -- History -- Congresses; Gender identity -- Latin America -- History -- Congresses; Indian women -- Social conditions -- Congresses; Body, Human -- Social aspects -- Latin America -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Gender in Prehispanic America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Field knots and ceramic beaus: interpreting gender in the Peruvian early intermediate period / Joan M. Gero; title: Asking about Aztec gender: the historical and archaeological evidence / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel; title: Gender in Nahuatl texts of the early colonial period: native "tradition" and the dialogue with Christianity / Louise M. Burkhart; title: Negotiating sex and gender in classic Maya society / Rosemary A. Joyce; title: Andean androgyny and the making of men / Carolyn Dean; title: None of the above: gender ambiguity in Nahua ideology / Cecelia F. Klein; title: The concept of feminine places in Mesoamerica: the case of Xochitécatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico / Mari Carmen Serra Puche; title: Physiology, production, and gendered difference: the evidence from Mixtec and other Mesoamerican societies / John Monaghan; title: Breaking the glass ceiling: the strategies of royal women in ancient states / Joyce Marcus; title: Epilogue: thinking about gender with theory and method / Margaret W. Conkey; title: Conclusions: envisioning pre-Columbian gender studies / Cecelia F. Klein.