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1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- A splendid predicament -- Growing men among the Maya -- A gifted passage -- The taming places -- A good prince -- Draining the cup. |
| Summary |
"In this thought-provoking book, preeminent scholar Stephen Houston turns his attention to the crucial role of young males in Classic Maya society, drawing on evidence from art, writing, and material culture. The Gifted Passage establishes that adolescent men in Maya art were the subjects and makers of hieroglyphics, painted ceramics, and murals, in works that helped to shape and reflect masculinity in Maya civilization. The political volatility of the Classic Maya period gave male adolescents valuable status as potential heirs, and many of the most precious surviving ceramics likely celebrated their coming-of-age rituals. The ardent hope was that youths would grow into effective kings and noblemen, capable of leadership in battle and service in royal courts. Aiming to shift mainstream conceptions of the Maya, Houston argues that adolescent men were not simply present in images and texts, but central to both."-- Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coming of age -- Central America -- Art.
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Coming of age. |
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Central America. |
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Maya art.
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Maya art. |
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Mayas.
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Mayas. |
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Indian art -- Central America.
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Indian art. |
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Young men in art.
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Young men in art. |
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Mayas -- Antiquities.
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Mayas -- Antiquities. |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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| Added Title |
Young men in classic Maya art and text |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Houston, Stephen D. Gifted passage. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 9780300228960 (DLC) 2017938184 (OCoLC)1002129751 |
| ISBN |
9780300230178 (electronic book) |
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0300230176 (electronic book) |
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9780300228960 (cloth) |
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0300228961 (cloth) |
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