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The sport of life and death : the Mesoamerican ballgame
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The sport of life and death : the Mesoamerican ballgame

Author: E Michael Whittington; Mint Museum of Art.; et al
Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: E Michael Whittington; Mint Museum of Art.; et al
ISBN: 0500051089 9780500051085
OCLC Number: 49029226
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.
Description: 288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Contents: Rubber and rubber balls in Mesoamerica / Laura Filloy Nadal -- Gender, power, and fertility in the Olmec ritual ballgame / Douglas E. Bradley -- Unity in duality: the practice and symbols of the Mesoamerican ballgame / María Teresa Uriarte -- Dressed to kill: stone regalia of the Mesoamerican ballgame / John F. Scott -- Performing on the court / Jane Stevenson Day -- The Maya ballgame: rebirth in the court of life and death / Mary Miller -- The ballcourt in Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- The architectural background of the pre-Hispanic ballgame: an evolutionary perspective / Eric Taladoire -- An ancient tradition continued: modern rubber processing in Mexico / Michael J. Tarkanian and Dorothy Hosler -- The modern ballgames of Sinaloa: a survival of the Aztec ullamaliztli / Ted J.J. Leyenaar -- Everything old is new again: the enduring legacy of the ancient games / E. Michael Whittington -- Catalogue.
Responsibility: edited by E. Michael Whittington ; with essays by Douglas E. Bradley ... [et al.].

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