{"product_id":"vital-voids-9781477322437","title":"Vital Voids","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn innovative study argues that in Mesoamerica, holes were conceived and produced as conduits of vital forces and material abundance, prerequisites for the emergence of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Finegold] demonstrates—convincingly, and in engaging prose—that the sustained analysis of holes provides insight into the ways in which ancient Mesoamericans conceived of cavities as teeming with vital energies or pregnant with the possibility of emergence...there is a satisfying rhythm and structure to this book, which moves through an impressive array of ideas but keeps returning, almost poetically, to the place it started: a beautifully painted Late Classic Maya plate rife with meaning and replete with a small drilled hole. Finegold charts a new and productive path for thinking about voids as procreative spaces that were integral to Mesoamerican creation narratives, ritual behavior, individual identities, and expressions of social order. For this reason, this book should be of interest to readers beyond the confines of Mesoamerica who, like Finegold, see potential in a void. * caa.reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[A] wonderfully illustrated book...Finegold has offered us a well-written, well-illustrated book on a topic that has received relatively little attention...Finegold manages to pierce a productive hole in our previous frame of understanding, allowing for a new and creative reinterpretation of a Mesoamerican cultural tradition and the underlying worldview. * 21: Inquires into Art, History, and the Visual *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the great contributions of this volume...is to provide a model for using deep object reading—integrating material, iconographic, and sociohistorical interpretations of a single ceramic dish—as a springboard into uniquely Mesoamerican philosophical systems of aesthetics, ontology, and metaphysics. Finegold’s arguments also open the door to a further consideration of voids in Mesoamerican material culture (and they are everywhere once one begins to look for them), acknowledging that his text does not and could not cover the full scope of the subject. The implications of his central thesis are far-reaching and will no doubt spark further debate and exploration by other scholars. * Latin American \u0026amp; Latinx Visual Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. What’s in a Hole? Material Culture and Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Perforated Vessels: Revitalizing the Discourse Surrounding “Kill Holes”\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Cavities in the Living Earth\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Act of Drilling\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Perforating the Body\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Conclusions: Beyond the Resurrection Plate\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408958529879,"sku":"9781477322437","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477322437.jpg?v=1730504862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vital-voids-9781477322437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}