Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis addresses the inclusion of women within Classic Maya works of art, consisting of, for this purpose, private-consumption ceramic vessels and large scale public monuments. Through the use of Feminist and Gender Theory, Performance Theory, and Iconographic Theory, the roles of women in iconographically depicted ceremonial performance is assessed. A Microsoft Access database was… more Full Text: BUNDLES AND BLOODLETTING: AN ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S CEREMONIAL PERFORMANCE ROLES IN CLASSIC MAYA ART A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …