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.
Dressing the Part examines how individual identity played a role in larger schemes of social relationship in the ancient Americas. Employing a variety of theories and methodologies from art history, anthropology, ethnography, semiotics, and material science, this volume considers not only how authority is gendered or related to gender but also how the dynamics between power and gender are negotiated through costume.
Ämnesord
Centralamerikanska urfolk (sao)
Mexikanska urfolk (sao)
Nordamerikanska urfolk (sao)
Sydamerikanska urfolk (sao)
Utgrävningar (sao)
Fornlämningsplatser (sao)
Maya (folk) (sao)
Olmekkulturen (sao)
Huasteker (sao)
Begravningsplatser (sao)
Manlighet (sao)
Kvinnlighet (sao)
Kläder -- historia (sao)
Kläder -- genusaspekter (sao)
Indians of Mexico -- Clothing -- History. (LCSH)
Indians of Central America -- Clothing -- History. (LCSH)