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- Condition
- Pages
- 272
- Publication Date
- 2006-07-01
- Book Title
- Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture
- ISBN
- 9780292712799
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Subject
- Archaeology, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Latin America / General
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 29 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292712790
ISBN-13
9780292712799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51696644
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Publication Name
Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Archaeology, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Latin America / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
29 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-037688
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
985/.01
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: More Questions than Answers Moche Visual Culture Subjects, Themes, and Narratives Iconography, Archaeology, and Identity Presentation Theme Wrinkle Face and Iguana Ritual Runners Ceremonial Badminton Coca-Taking Ceremony Prisoners and Portrait-Head Vessels Copulation with Wrinkle Face Summary Context and Methodology A Dualist System A Tripartite Organization? Chapter 2: Eros Previous Contributions Rafael Larco Hoyle Anne Marie Hocquenghem Susan Bergh Diachronic versus Synchrony Sodomy Ritual Paraphernalia Presence of Children in Scenes of Sodomy Sodomy and Individual with Fangs Masturbation Fellatio Sexual Depictions on Libation Vases Skeletal Beings and Erections Anthropomorphic Genitals Women and Blood Inverted Fertilities Vaginal Copulation Copulation between Animals Copulation between Animals and Women Copulation between Wrinkle Face and Women Eventual Sacrificial Victims Sacrificial Victims and Vaginal Copulation Summary Chapter 3: Eros and Thanatos Chapter 4: Thanatos Organization of the Narrative The Awakening The Exit The Reinstatement Sacrifice and Capture Strombus Seashells Archaeological Evidence of an Afterworld Summary Chapter 5: Dualities, Liminalities, and Rulership Dualities Sipán Huacas de Moche Site and El Brujo Complex Iconography Asymmetry and Duality Liminalities On the Structure of Moche Rulership Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
A pioneering analysis of Moche visual iconography that sheds new light on this ancient Peruvian society's beliefs about sex, death, and the afterlife., The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD were perhaps the first ancient Andean society to attain state-level social complexity. Although they had no written language, the Moche created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. Amazingly realistic figures of humans, animals, and beings with supernatural attributes adorn Moche pottery, metal and wooden objects, textiles, and murals. These actors, which may have represented both living individuals and mythological beings, appear in scenes depicting ritual warfare, human sacrifice, the partaking of human blood, funerary rites, and explicit sexual activities. In this pathfinding book, Steve Bourget raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a new level through an in-depth study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. He begins by drawing connections between the scenes and individuals depicted on Moche pottery and other objects and the archaeological remains of human sacrifice and burial rituals. He then builds a convincing case for Moche iconography recording both actual ritual activities and Moche religious beliefs regarding the worlds of the living, the dead, and the afterlife. Offering a pioneering interpretation of the Moche worldview, Bourget argues that the use of symbolic dualities linking life and death, humans and beings with supernatural attributes, and fertility and social reproduction allowed the Moche to create a complex system of reciprocity between the world of the living and the afterworld. He concludes with an innovative model of how Moche cosmological beliefs played out in the realms of rulership and political authority., "Overall, I find this to be an extraordinary book, filled with excellent observations about Moche iconography and world view. . . . Bourget's arguments [are] extremely interesting, thought-provoking, and potentially of great importance. They will undoubtedly cause other researchers to look at the material in a new way and to test and refine the observations presented in this volume in the years ahead."-Christopher B. Donnan, UCLA, author of Moche Portraits from Ancient PeruThe Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD were perhaps the first ancient Andean society to attain state-level social complexity. Although they had no written language, the Moche created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. Amazingly realistic figures of humans, animals, and beings with supernatural attributes adorn Moche pottery, metal and wooden objects, textiles, and murals. These actors, which may have represented both living individuals and mythological beings, appear in scenes depicting ritual warfare, human sacrifice, the partaking of human blood, funerary rites, and explicit sexual activities. In this pathfinding book, Steve Bourget raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a new level through an in-depth study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. He begins by drawing connections between the scenes and individuals depicted on Moche pottery and other objects and the archaeological remains of human sacrifice and burial rituals. He then builds a convincing case for Moche iconography recording both actual ritual activities and Moche religious beliefs regarding the worlds of the living, the dead, and the afterlife. Offering a pioneering interpretation of the Moche worldview, Bourget argues that the use of symbolic dualities linking life and death, humans and beings with supernatural attributes, and fertility and social reproduction allowed the Moche to create a complex system of reciprocity between the world of the living and the afterworld. He concludes with an innovative model of how Moche cosmological beliefs played out in the realms of rulership and political authority., "Overall, I find this to be an extraordinary book, filled with excellent observations about Moche iconography and world view.... Bourget's arguments [are] extremely interesting, thought-provoking, and potentially of great importance. They will undoubtedly cause other researchers to look at the material in a new way and to test and refine the observations presented in this volume in the years ahead." -- Christopher B. Donnan, UCLA, author of Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD were perhaps the first ancient Andean society to attain state-level social complexity. Although they had no written language, the Moche created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. Amazingly realistic figures of humans, animals, and beings with supernatural attributes adorn Moche pottery, metal and wooden objects, textiles, and murals. These actors, which may have represented both living individuals and mythological beings, appear in scenes depicting ritual warfare, human sacrifice, the partaking of human blood, funerary rites, and explicit sexual activities. In this pathfinding book, Steve Bourget raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a new level through an in-depth study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. He begins by drawing connections between the scenes and individuals depicted on Moche pottery and other objects and the archaeological remains of human sacrifice and burial rituals. He then builds a convincing case for Moche iconography recording both actual ritual activities and Moche religious beliefs regardingthe worlds of the living, the dead, and the afterlife. Offering a pioneering interpretation of the Moche worldview, Bourget argues that the use of symbolic dualities linking life and death, humans and beings with supernatural attributes, and fertility and social reproduction allowed the Moche to create a complex system of reciprocity between the world of the living and the afterworld. He concludes with an innovative model of how Moche cosmological beliefs played out in the realms of rulership and political authority.
LC Classification Number
F3430.1.M6B68 2006
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