Reconsidering Olmec visual culture :: the unborn, women, and creation /
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| Schriftenreihe: | William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
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| Zusammenfassung: | Annotation |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvii, 339 pages) : illustrations, plans |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780292735491 0292735499 |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Annotation |b Recently, scholars of Olmec visual culture have identified symbols for umbilical cords, bundles, and cave-wombs, as well as a significant number of women portrayed on monuments and as figurines. In this study, Carolyn Tate demonstrates that these subjects were part of a major emphasis on gestational imagery in Formative Period Mesoamerica. | |
| 546 | |a English. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Olmec sculpture. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008691 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Olmec mythology. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000720 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indian women in art. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008007793 | |
| 651 | 0 | |a La Venta Site (Mexico) |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96003773 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Art olmèque. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Sculpture olmèque. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Femmes des Peuples autochtones dans l'art. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a La Venta (Mexique : Site archéologique) | |
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| spelling | Tate, Carolyn Elaine. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88653310 Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation / by Carolyn E. Tate. Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (xvii, 339 pages) : illustrations, plans text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the western hemisphere Rediscovering women and gestation in Olmec visual culture. A cradle of civilization ; Mesoamerica and its visual culture ; Early interpretations of the first known Olmec sculptures ; New questions in Olmec studies ; Is gender or gestation the compelling issue? ; How the book develops : content and methodologies -- The tale of the were-jaguar. The birth of the were-jaguar ; One were-jaguar or many deities? ; The first attempt to slay the were-jaguar ; The were-jaguar as a shamanic alter ego ; Monstrous congenital anomalies ; Pantheons of deities or symbols of vital forces? ; Shamanism in an ecological context ; The rebirth of the maize deity ; Signs of life -- The sowing and dawning of the human-maize seed. Images of the unborn ; The formative Mesoamerican embryo and its matrix of associations ; Ethnographic analogies ; Hollow babies ; A contemporary baby in a boat : Niñopa ; Conclusions about embryos, fetuses, and babies -- Tracking gender, gestation, and narrativity through the early formative. The archaic period, 10,000 to 2000 BC : the beginning of visual symbols ; The initial formative, circa 1900 to 1400 BC ; The early formative, circa 1400-900 BC ; Fluctuations in visual culture during the initial and early formative periods ; Discussion : Maize technology. 1, Fermentation ; Discussion : Maize technology. 2, Nixtamalization -- La Venta's buried offerings : women and other revelations. Topography and sources of stone ; Discovery, excavation, and chronology of La Venta ; Surveying La Venta's visual culture through time ; Women and the unborn return to prominence -- Female water and earth supernaturals : the massive offerings, mosaic pavements, and Mixe "work of the earth". Why construct massive offerings? ; Mixe beliefs in earth, water, and thunder supernormal entities ; La Venta's mosaic pavements ; Offerings inseminating the flowering earth ; Massive offerings : contained water ; Mixe healers, midwives, and rituals, and their Olmec antecedents ; Female shamans ; The mosaic pavements as conventionalized symbols ; Politics, protection, and healing -- A processional visual narrative at La Venta. Previous investigations of Olmec creation narratives ; Patterns for the distribution of monumental sculptures ; A processional visual narrative -- La Venta's creation and origins narrative. An approach to visual narratives from preliterate societies ; The narrative stations (Station one: A womb with three fetuses ; Station two: A quincunx of thrones ; Station three: The dawning of human-maize ; Station four: The female sources of life : earth and water ; Station five: The bodiless heads ; Station six: The phallic column) ; Inserting politics into the creation and origins narrative ; Alternative reading orders ; Conclusions and questions -- A scattering of seeds. Assessing arguments for some major points ; Modes of communication ; Where did Olmec ideas go? ; Asking and answering the fundamental questions -- Appendix 1. La Venta monuments by format -- Appendix 2. Comparison of Mesoamerican creation and origins narratives -- Appendix 3. Shape-shifters and werewolves to were-jaguars : a brief chronology. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Annotation Recently, scholars of Olmec visual culture have identified symbols for umbilical cords, bundles, and cave-wombs, as well as a significant number of women portrayed on monuments and as figurines. In this study, Carolyn Tate demonstrates that these subjects were part of a major emphasis on gestational imagery in Formative Period Mesoamerica. English. Olmec art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000440 Olmec sculpture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008691 Olmec mythology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000720 Indian women in art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008007793 La Venta Site (Mexico) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96003773 Art olmèque. Sculpture olmèque. Femmes des Peuples autochtones dans l'art. La Venta (Mexique : Site archéologique) Mythologie olmèque. 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| title_auth | Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation / |
| title_exact_search | Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation / |
| title_full | Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation / by Carolyn E. Tate. |
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| title_sort | reconsidering olmec visual culture the unborn women and creation |
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| topic | Olmec art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000440 Olmec sculpture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008691 Olmec mythology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94000720 Indian women in art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008007793 Art olmèque. Sculpture olmèque. Femmes des Peuples autochtones dans l'art. Mythologie olmèque. ART American General. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Archaeology. bisacsh Indian women in art fast Olmec art fast Olmec mythology fast Olmec sculpture fast |
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