Sculpture and Social Dynamics in Preclassic Mesoamerica

Informationen zum Autor Julia Guernsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. Her research has appeared in a variety of journals, among them Antiquity, Ancient America, and Journal of Latin American Lore. Her most recent book, co-edited with John E. Clark and Bárbara Arroyo, is titled The Place of Stone Monuments: Context, Use, and Meaning in Mesoamerica's Preclassic Transition. Klappentext This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Zusammenfassung This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Potbellies and sculpture: a brief history of Preclassic scholarship; 3. Situating sculpture on the Preclassic Pacific slope of Mesoamerica; 4. The dating and distribution of potbellies and potbelly-related sculpture; 5. Blurring the lines: public space, private space, sculpture, and figurines; 6. Big bellies and fat gods; 7. Potbellies, ancestors, and performance; 8. Potbellies and social identity in the Preclassic.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Guernsey, Julia (University of Texas Guernsey, Guernsey Julia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107012462
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01246-2
• No. of pages: 245
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, sculpture, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Mexico and Central America