The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture

Awards:   Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2019 (United States)
Author:   Matthew G. Looper
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
ISBN:  

9781477318058


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture


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  • Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2019 (United States)

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Author:   Matthew G. Looper
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.737kg
ISBN:  

9781477318058


ISBN 10:   1477318054
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Deer Life: The Maya Ethnobiology of Deer Chapter 2. Bones to Picks: The Classic Maya Use and Depiction of Durable Deer Remains Chapter 3. Big Bucks: Deer and Social Status Chapter 4. Wearing the Horns: Deer, Sexuality, and Fertility in Dying God Scenes Chapter 5. Locking Horns: Deer Hunting, Warfare, the Ballgame, and Male Rites of Passage Chapter 6. Hart's Devotion: The Siip in Classic and Postclassic Maya Society Chapter 7. A Sinking Hart: The Solar Symbolism of Deer in Maya Art Chapter 8. Deer Departed: Cervid Spirits of Death and Disease Epilogue. Out of the Woods: Deer and Borders Notes Bibliography Index

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The author makes important contributions here, especially to ongoing efforts to recover poorly understood aspects of ancient Maya mythology as revealed through scenes on painted pottery. Profusely illustrated, well written, and amply documented, this book can also serve as a rewarding entree into broader subjects of ancient and modern Maya culture from archaeological, art historical, and ethnographic perspectives. -- (10/01/2019)


The author makes important contributions here, especially to ongoing efforts to recover poorly understood aspects of ancient Maya mythology as revealed through scenes on painted pottery. Profusely illustrated, well written, and amply documented, this book can also serve as a rewarding entree into broader subjects of ancient and modern Maya culture from archaeological, art historical, and ethnographic perspectives. * CHOICE * [The Beast Between] provides an important addition to the overlapping fields of art history, anthropology, archaeology, and Maya studies...This book provides the definitive starting point for an important dialogue regarding the meaning of the deer in Maya iconography and semiology...Even as it highlights future avenues of research, Looper's work presents the first thorough and wide-ranging look at the deer in the Maya world from the ancient to modern periods. As such, this volume provides important insights into deer use among the Maya and will frame and influence all subsequent considerations of this often understudied and underappreciated creature for years to come. * caa.reviews * Much can be learned from this richly varied book, and it certainly contains numerous starting points for further investigation. * Anthropos *


Author Information

Matthew Looper is a professor of art and art history at California State University, Chico. His previous books include To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization, winner of the 2010 Association for Latin American Art Book Award; Gifts of the Moon: Huipil Designs of the Ancient Maya; Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua; and, most recently, Wearing Culture: Dress and Regalia in Early Mesoamerica and Central America, co-edited with Heather Orr.

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