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.
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