Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

"This is a tremendously significant contribution to the field... It provides a new model of how social inequality first emerged in ancient societies. It provides an accessible, convincing demonstration of Judith Butler's performance theory. And it resolves some quandaries about gender construction and the female body that have plagued feminist theory. This is a huge, important book." Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, John S. Ludington Trustees' Professor of Anthropology, Albion College

• Acknowledgments1. Gender, Performance, Power, and Representation2. Negotiating Sex and Gender in Formative Mesoamerica3. Narratives of Gender among the Classic Maya4. Transforming Gender: Classic to Postclassic Maya5. Becoming Human: Body and Person in Aztec Tenochtitlan6. Performance and Inscription: Human Nature in Prehispanic MesoamericaNotesReferences CitedIndex

Rosemary A. Joyce is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

"This is a tremendously significant contribution to the field... It provides a new model of how social inequality first emerged in ancient societies. It provides an accessible, convincing demonstration of Judith Butler's performance theory. And it resolves some quandaries about gender construction and the female body that have plagued feminist theory. This is a huge, important book." Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, John S. Ludington Trustees' Professor of Anthropology, Albion College

• Acknowledgments1. Gender, Performance, Power, and Representation2. Negotiating Sex and Gender in Formative Mesoamerica3. Narratives of Gender among the Classic Maya4. Transforming Gender: Classic to Postclassic Maya5. Becoming Human: Body and Person in Aztec Tenochtitlan6. Performance and Inscription: Human Nature in Prehispanic MesoamericaNotesReferences CitedIndex