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In the museum of Maya culture : touring Chichén Itzá
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In the museum of Maya culture : touring Chichén Itzá

Author: Quetzil E Castañeda
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Very interesting discussion of the ways in which anthropology, tourism, archaeology, and popular culture all contribute to the creation of the Maya as a social unit and Chichén Itzá as a place"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Quetzil E Castañeda
ISBN: 0816626723 9780816626724 0816626731 9780816626731
OCLC Number: 34191010
Description: xv, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Guidebook to the Archaeology of Chichen Itza --
Pt. I. The Scriptural Economy: Inscriptions of Travel in Yucatan. 1. The Progress That Chose a Village: Measuring Zero-Degree Culture and Other Scandals. 2. Measuring Tourist Impact at P'iz-te', "La Antesala de Chichen Itza, Patrimonio de la Humanidad" 3. On the Museum's Runes, the Ruins of Modernity: A Genealogy. 4. Mysteries of the Maya and the Marvelous Sciences of Survival: A "Dark Writing" 5. Con/Tour(s) of the Museum: Ventriloquism, Citing Vision, and the Temporality of Tourist Site. 6. Vernal Return and Cosmos: That Serpent on the Balustrade and the New Age Invasion --
Pt. II. War and Its Topography. 7. An Everyday Guide to the Orchestration of Practices: The Apparatus of Piste/Chichen.
Responsibility: Quetzil E. Castañeda.

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"Very interesting discussion of the ways in which anthropology, tourism, archaeology, and popular culture all contribute to the creation of the Maya as a social unit and Chichén Itzá as a place"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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