Mesoamerican narratives at the British Museum : ancient writing, contemporary voices / edited by Laura Ann Osorio Sunnucks [and eight others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osorio Sunnucks, Laura Ann, editor.

Series:

Museums and narrative ; v. 2.

Museums and narrative, 2942-1179 ; volume 2

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

British Museum.

Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Collection and preservation--England--London.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Antiquities--Collection and preservation--England--London.

Indians of Central America.

Museums--Curatorship--England--London.

Museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2025]

Language Note:

English and Spanish.

Summary:

"his bilingual book is the outcome of a research project undertaken between the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum and a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous archaeologists and activists from Mexico and Guatemala. The chapters include new interpretations of some written narratives in the Mesoamerican collection at the British Museum, as well as critical reflections on the politics of Indigenous participation in museum projects and collection research. The book includes new scholarly interpretations of the Tonindeye Codex, the Xiuhpohualli of Tenochtitlan and the Yaxchilan lintels and, seeking to read these Mesoamerican narratives in an embodied way, it hopes to foster temporal imagination in the museum. It also discusses Indigenous epistemologies while focusing on the relevance of mobilising this work strategically outside of the museum, among descendant communities. In this way, researchers and visitors might interrogate their political and emotional positions towards colonial collections"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Indigenous archaeologies in the museum / Laura Osorio Sunnucks

Arqueologías indígenas en el museo / Laura Osorio Sunnucks

The repression of Maya spiritual practices in Guatemala : Cultural continuity and the challenge of fighting against discrimination and racism / Alejandro J. Garay Herrera

La represión de las prácticas espirituales mayas en Guatemala : Continuidad cultural y el reto de combatir contra la discriminación y el racismo / Alejandro J. Garay Herrera

Towards a Mixtec reading of the Mixtec codices : The anniversary of the birth of Iya Nacuaa "Teyusi Ñaña" / Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez and Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen

Hacia una lectura mixteca de los códices mixtecos : El natalicio de iya Nacuaa "Teyusi Ñaña" / Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez y Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen

Renaming and reinterpreting an early colonial book : The Codex Xiuhpohualli of Tenochititlan / Raúl Macuil Martínez and Osiris Sinuhé González Romero

Renombrar y reinterpretar un libro colonial temprano : El Códice Xiuhpohualli de Tenochtitlan / Raúl Macuil Martínez y Osiris Sinuhé González Romero

Museum pieces and the contemporary indigenous peoples of Central Mexico / Raul Macuil Martínez

Las piezas de los museos y los pueblos indígenas contemporáneos del centro de México / Raul Macuil Martínez

History, rituals, and family life in the house of Ix K'abal Xook / Iyaxel Cojti Ren and Romelia Mo Isem

Historia, rituales y vida en familia en la casa de Ix K'abal Xook / Iyaxel Cojti Ren y Romelia Mo Isem

The Codex Tonindeye and Mixtec reality / Omar Aguilar Sánchez and Izaira López Sánchez

El Códice Tonindeye y la realidad mixteca / Omar Aguilar Sánchez e Izaira López Sánchez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed October 31, 2025).

Other Format:

$i Print version: Mesoamerican narratives at the British Museum

ISBN:

9783110792324

311079232X

9783110792287

3110792281

OCLC:

1518020356

Publisher Number:

CIPO000114297

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access