Dwelling, Identity, and the Maya offers a new perspective on the ancient Maya that emphasizes the importance of dwelling as a social practice. Contrary to contemporary notions of the self as individual and independent, the identities of the ancient Maya grew from their everyday relations and interactions with other people, the houses and temples they built, and the objects they created, exchanged, cherished, and left behind. Using excavations of ancient Chunchucmil as a case study, it investigates how Maya personhood was structured and transformed in and beyond the domestic sphere and examines the role of the past in the production of contemporary Maya identity.
- ISBN10 0759119201
- ISBN13 9780759119208
- Publish Date 16 November 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint AltaMira Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 246
- Language English