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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. |
Abstract:
"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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