Gender And Power In Prehispanic Mesoamerica by Rosemary A. Joyce

Gender And Power In Prehispanic Mesoamerica

Rosemary A. Joyce

269 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Gender was a fluid potential, not a fixed category, before the Spaniards came to Mesoamerica. Childhood training and ritual shaped, but did not set, adult gender, which could encompass third genders and alternative sexualities as well as "male" an...

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