Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya

Informationen zum Autor Scott R. Hutson is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kentucky. He has been co-director of the Chunchucmil project since 2004 and is currently directing the Ucí-Cansahcab Sacbe project. Klappentext This book offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Using excavations of ancient Chunchucmil as a case study, it investigates how Maya personhood was structured and transformed in and beyond the domestic sphere and examines the role of the past in the production of contemporary Maya identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Conceptual Frameworks for Relational Subjects Chapter 3. Background on Chunchucmil Chapter 4. Personal Interactions: Gender, Age, Status, and Food Chapter 5. Materiality: Knowledge, Biography and the Social Life of Things Chapter 6. Moving Encounters: Circulation, Monumentality and Embodiment Chapter 7. Being and Mayaness: The Past in the Production of Contemporary Identity Chapter 8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Scott Hutson, Scott R Hutson, Scott R. Hutson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2009
• EAN: 9780759119208
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1920-8
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Archaeology in Society; Archaeology in Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)