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Title:

Gender in Pre-Hispanic America : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12 and 13 October 1996 / Cecelia F. Klein, editor ; Jeffrey Quilter, general editor.

Publisher:

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

viii, 397 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians--Sexual behavior--Congresses.
Sex role--Latin America--History--Congresses.
Gender identity--Latin America--History--Congresses.
Indian women--Social conditions--Congresses.
Human body--Social aspects--Latin America--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Klein, Cecelia F.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-385) and index.

Contents:

Field knots and ceramic beaus: interpreting gender in the Peruvian early intermediate period / Joan M. Gero -- Asking about Aztec gender: the historical and archaeological evidence / Elizabeth M. Brumfiel -- Gender in Nahuatl texts of the early colonial period: native "tradition" and the dialogue with Christianity / Louise M. Burkhart -- Negotiating sex and gender in classic Maya society / Rosemary A. Joyce -- Andean androgyny and the making of men / Carolyn Dean -- None of the above: gender ambiguity in Nahua ideology / Cecelia F. Klein -- The concept of feminine places in Mesoamerica: the case of Xochit©♭catl, Tlaxcala, Mexico / Mari Carmen Serra Puche -- Physiology, production, and gendered difference: the evidence from Mixtec and other Mesoamerican societies / John Monaghan -- Breaking the glass ceiling: the strategies of royal women in ancient states / Joyce Marcus -- Epilogue: thinking about gender with theory and method / Margaret W. Conkey -- Conclusions: envisioning pre-Columbian gender studies / Cecelia F. Klein.

ISBN:

9780884022794
088402279X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45743293

LCCN:

2001016031

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)