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Title:

Dressing the part : power, dress, gender, and representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas / edited by Sarahh E. M. Scher and Billie J. A. Follensbee.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiv, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Indians of Mexico--History.--History.
Indians of Central America--History.--History.
Mexico--History.--History.
Central America--History.--History.
Andes Region--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Scher, Sarahh E. M., editor.
Follensbee, Billie J. A., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Sarahh E. M. Scher and Billie J. A. Follensbee -- Panthers and thunderbirds: twined bags, fabric-impressed ceramics, and the great tradition of American fabrics / Alice Beck Kehoe -- The Rogan plates, sex and gender representation, and the bird-human: a case of obscuring the overt / Billie J. A. Follensbee and Katie McElfresh Buford -- More on olmec gender-ambiguous costume: the possible appropriation of costume as a symbol of -- Power / Billie J. A. Follensbee -- The cape, status, and gender in late formative West Mexico / Melissa K. Logan -- Elite women in the mural paintings of Las Higueras, Veracruz, Mexico / Cherra Wyllie -- Raiment of sky and earth: beaded netted garments in Maya art / Matthew G. Looper -- The quadripartite emblem: ritual, power, and royal Maya women / Karon Winzenz -- Sculpting Huastec social and gender identity / Kim N. Richter -- Greenstone axe to gold eagle pendant: the sex change of costa Rica's symbol of national pride / Laura M. Wingfield -- Masculinities and femininities: forms and expressions of power in the Paracas necropolis / Ann H. Peters and Elsa L. Tomasto-Cagigao -- High-ranking women and masculine imagery in moche art and burial ensembles / Sarahh E. M. Scher.

ISBN:

0813062217
9780813062211

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945357398

LCCN:

2016035942

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)