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 | From Moon Goddesses to Virgins: The Colonization of Yucatecan Maya Sexual Desire (1st Edition) by Peter Herman Sigal Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-292-77753-1 / 0292777531 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77753-8 / 9780292777538 For the preconquest Maya, sexuality was a part of ritual discourse and performance, and all sex acts were understood in terms of their power to create, maintain, and destroy society. As postconquest Maya adapted to life under colonial rule, they neither fully abandoned these views nor completely ado | |