Magia de la sonrisa en el Golfo de México
By: texto, investigador del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava
Contributors: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico)
Edition: Primera edición en español.
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Published: 2015
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9786074847116
Subjects: Laughter in art; Indian sculpture; Catalogs; Indians of Mexico; Antiquities; Totonac sculpture; Museo de Arqueología de Xalapa
Description: "In the month of October 2015, the Institute published in Portuguese, a text with a selection of smiley clay figurines. Research continued and this book is the outcome of a splendid curatorship that resulted in a rich exhibition of the Secretaria de Cultura [] As a celebration, we have chosen to show a collection of magnificent pieces of clay known as "smiley faces" from Veracruz." (Our translation) --Page 9.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59).
Table of contents: title: Presentaciones / Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, María Teresa Franco; title: La risa mágica: expresiones en barro del centro de Veracruz / Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava; title: Introducción; title: En torno a la risa; title: El área geográfica cultural de las "Caritas Sonrientes"; title: Antecedentes escultóricos; title: Caritas Sonrientes: síntesis general; title: contextos arqueológicos; title: Ofrendas, rituales y significados; title: La risa: reflejo de emociones; title: Comentarios finales.