Retratos de mujeres en el arte maya. Sesenta años después de Proskouriakoff.

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Title: Retratos de mujeres en el arte maya. Sesenta años después de Proskouriakoff. (Spanish).
Alternate Title: Portraits of Women in Mayan Art. Sixty Years after Proskouriakoff. (English)
Authors: PARPAL CABANES, ESTHER
Source: Estudios de Cultura Maya. primavera/Vverano2025, Vol. 65, p85-117. 33p.
Subjects: MAYAS, IMAGE analysis, SELF-sacrifice, GENDER, RITUAL
Abstract (English): This article is based on a systematized analysis of the representations of women in classic Maya art, with the aim of revising and expanding the area of research initiated by Tatiana Proskouriakoff sixty years ago. That is, it addresses one of the few aspects of this author's contributions that had yet to be re-examined. Thanks to the advances in the study of Maya culture since that time, we have been able to study a larger corpus of images, which has allowed us to expand the original list of attributes in female representations created by Proskouriakoff in 1961. Likewise, the analysis and iconographic interpretation of the images, adapted to the particularities of Maya art, has allowed us to transcend formal and stylistic analysis, and go deeper into the meanings of each of these elements. This has permitted us to identify new gender markers, such as the ceramic vessel with instruments for self-sacrifice or the wrapped ritual bundle, leading us to reflect on how the Maya conceive gender and reaffirm theories on fluidity and complementarity. To this end, we have also incorporated the perspectives of recent works on gender theory, which grant us to better discern how these portraits can be understood in relation to power, status and other aspects of identity that determined their creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Este artículo parte de un análisis sistematizado de las representaciones de mujeres en el arte maya clásico, con el objetivo de revisar y ampliar el área de investigación iniciada por Tatiana Proskouriakoff sesenta años atrás. Este es uno de los pocos aspectos sobre las aportaciones de esta autora que quedaba pendiente de reexaminar. Gracias a los avances en el estudio de la cultura maya, desde entonces y hasta la actualidad, hemos podido investigar un corpus mayor de imágenes, lo que nos ha permitido ampliar la lista original de los atributos en las representaciones femeninas creada por Proskouriakoff en 1961. Asimismo, el análisis e interpretación iconográfica de las imágenes, adaptado a las particularidades del arte maya, permite trascender el análisis formal y estilístico, y profundizar en los significados de cada uno de estos elementos. Esto nos faculta para identificar nuevos marcadores de género como el recipiente de cerámica con instrumentos para el autosacrificio o el bulto ritual cerrado. En consecuencia, reflexionamos sobre la concepción de los géneros entre los mayas y reafirmamos las teorías sobre la fluidez y la complementariedad. Para ello, también se incorporan las perspectivas de trabajos recientes sobre teoría de género, que posibilitan discernir mejor cómo pueden entenderse estos retratos en relación con el poder, el estatus y otros aspectos identitarios que determinaron su creación. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This article is based on a systematized analysis of the representations of women in classic Maya art, with the aim of revising and expanding the area of research initiated by Tatiana Proskouriakoff sixty years ago. That is, it addresses one of the few aspects of this author's contributions that had yet to be re-examined. Thanks to the advances in the study of Maya culture since that time, we have been able to study a larger corpus of images, which has allowed us to expand the original list of attributes in female representations created by Proskouriakoff in 1961. Likewise, the analysis and iconographic interpretation of the images, adapted to the particularities of Maya art, has allowed us to transcend formal and stylistic analysis, and go deeper into the meanings of each of these elements. This has permitted us to identify new gender markers, such as the ceramic vessel with instruments for self-sacrifice or the wrapped ritual bundle, leading us to reflect on how the Maya conceive gender and reaffirm theories on fluidity and complementarity. To this end, we have also incorporated the perspectives of recent works on gender theory, which grant us to better discern how these portraits can be understood in relation to power, status and other aspects of identity that determined their creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01852574
DOI:10.19130/iifl.ecm.2025.1/0Q27R1V053