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To Be Like Gods - Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization (Hardcover, New)
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To Be Like Gods - Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization (Hardcover, New)
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Winner, Association for Latin American Art Book Award, 2010 The
Maya of Mexico and Central America have performed ritual dances for
more than two millennia. Dance is still an essential component of
religious experience today, serving as a medium for communication
with the supernatural. During the Late Classic period (AD 600-900),
dance assumed additional importance in Maya royal courts through an
association with feasting and gift exchange. These performances
allowed rulers to forge political alliances and demonstrate their
control of trade in luxury goods. The aesthetic values embodied in
these performances were closely tied to Maya social structure,
expressing notions of gender, rank, and status. Dance was thus not
simply entertainment, but was fundamental to ancient Maya notions
of social, religious, and political identity. Using an innovative
interdisciplinary approach, Matthew Looper examines several types
of data relevant to ancient Maya dance, including hieroglyphic
texts, pictorial images in diverse media, and architecture. A
series of case studies illustrates the application of various
analytical methodologies and offers interpretations of the form,
meaning, and social significance of dance performance. Although the
nuances of movement in Maya dances are impossible to recover,
Looper demonstrates that a wealth of other data survives which
allows a detailed consideration of many aspects of performance. To
Be Like Gods thus provides the first comprehensive interpretation
of the role of dance in ancient Maya society and also serves as a
model for comparative research in the archaeology of performance.
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