Striking to me, however, was that many of the questions that these blinkered nineteenth-century observers asked are still the ones we ask today.
www.farmersmarketmusic.com: Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, (): R. Tripp Evans: Books. Editorial Reviews. Review. "Evans has meticulously researched his subject and writes in an Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, - Kindle edition by R. Tripp Evans. Download it once and read it.
When were the Americas peopled? And the ways that Native American Indians choose to answer makes the question particularly germane today. Is there a fundamental, discernable unity among Mesoamerican cultures? How do we make sense of what is, even today, a very fragmentary past?
The exception is the chapter on Stephens. Crossing the Rio Grande is unusual among scholars of nineteenth-century America, and Evans does it with ease. Please send comments about this review to editor.
A Publication of the College Art Association. Concise, critical reviews of books, exhibitions, and projects in all areas and periods of art history and visual studies.
In short, this is an outstanding scholarly book that should be of interest to Mayanists, art historians, and students of American literature and history. We were unable to find this edition in any bookshop we are able to search. Borchardt Library, Melbourne Bundoora Campus. Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. Ratings and Reviews 0 0 star ratings 0 reviews. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. Item s unavailable for purchase.
Recent Books in the Arts. Visit the CAA Website. Subscribe to CAA Newsletter. Measuring the New World.
Based on a True Story. Of Wonders and Wise Men. A Life in Shadow. Maya Palaces and Elite Residences. The First Maya Civilization. Fanning the Sacred Flame. The Atlantic in Global History. Africans and Native Americans. Science and Empire in the Atlantic World. Slave Portraiture in the Atlantic World. Shadows of the Slave Past. Death and the Classic Maya Kings. Representing the Body of the Slave. Biography and the Black Atlantic.
Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas. The Legacy of Dutch Brazil.
Visual Typologies from the Early Modern to the Contemporary. A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History.
Yucatan Through Her Eyes: Early Spanish American Narrative. Urban Identity and the Atlantic World. The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extinction.
Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica. Iberian Visions of the Pacific Ocean, Colonial Encounters in New World Writing, Iberian Atlantic World, How to write a great review. The review must be at least 50 characters long. The title should be at least 4 characters long. Your display name should be at least 2 characters long.
At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information. You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on our site once we've reviewed them. Item s unavailable for purchase. Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item s now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
Continue shopping Checkout Continue shopping.