Breath and Smoke
Tobacco Use among the Maya
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Publication
2019 - University of New Mexico Press
Language
English
Word Count
78,000 words, Guess
Page Count
312 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780826360922
- ISBN-100826360920
- Library of Congress Control Number2019016151
- OCLC Control Number1097675750
- Better World Books9780826360922
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28940200M
Classifications
- LCCF1435.3.T63B74 2019
- LCCF1435.3.T63 B74 2019
Description
"From Classical antiquity to the present, tobacco has existed as a potent ritual substance. Tobacco use among the Maya straddles a recreational/ritual/medicinal nexus that can be difficult for Western audiences to understand. To best characterize the pervasive substance, this volume assembles scholars from a variety of disciplines and specialties to discuss tobacco in modern and ancient contexts. The chapters utilize research from archaeology, ethnography, mythic narrative, and chemical science from the eighth through the twenty-first centuries. Breath and Smoke explores the uses of tobacco among the Maya of Central America, revealing tobacco as a key topic in pre-Columbian art, iconography, and hieroglyphics. By assessing and considering myths, imagery, hieroglyphic texts, and material goods, as well as modern practices and their somatic effects, this volume brings the Mayan world of the past into greater focus and sheds light on the practices of today"--
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