Textile traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes : an anthology /

"Chapters provide detailed information on manufacturing (spinning, weaving, dyeing, decorating); communicative significance (ethnicity, identity, tradition, rank, geographic origin); and marketing and commercialization among contemporary groups of indigenous descent"--Handbook of Latin Ame...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schevill, Margot, Berlo, Janet Catherine, Dwyer, Edward Bridgman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.
Edición:1st University of Texas Press ed.
Temas:
Indian textile fabrics > Mexico.
Indian textile fabrics > Guatemala.
Indian textile fabrics > Andes Region.
Indians of Mexico > Clothing.
Indians of Central America > Clothing > Guatemala.
Indians of South America > Clothing > Andes Region.
Textiles et tissus des Peuples autochtones > Guatemala.
DESIGN > Textile & Costume.
ART / History / General
Indian textile fabrics
Indians of Central America > Clothing
Indians of Mexico > Clothing
Indians of South America > Clothing
Andes Region
Guatemala
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The communicative power of cloth and its creation / Margot Blum Schevill
  • Spinning and weaving as female gender identity in post-classic Mexico / Sharisse D. McCafferty and Geoffrey G. McCafferty
  • Communicative imagery in Guatemalan Indian dress / Cherri M. Pancake
  • A line at a time: innovative patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico / Pamela Scheinman
  • Dress and civil-religious hierarchy in Sololá, Guatemala / Guisela Mayén
  • Dress and the human landscape in Guatemala: the case of Tecpán, Guatemala / Carol Hendrickson
  • Woman's costume as a code in Comalapa, Guatemala / Linda Asturias de Barrios
  • We are sons of Atahualpa and we will win: traditional dress in Otavalo and Saraguro, Ecuador / Lynn A. Meisch
  • Regional dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: a dynamic tradition / Blenda Femenias
  • Nature versus culture: the image of the uncivilized wild-man in textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru / Lee Anne Wilson
  • Clothes and identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru / Raquel Ackerman
  • Ethnic dress and Calcha festivals, Bolivia / Mary Ann Medlin
  • Dual-lease weaving: an Andean loom technology / Ed Franquemont
  • Resist dyeing in Mexico: comments on its history, significance, and prevalence / Virginia Davis
  • The ikat shawl traditions of northern Peru and southern Ecuador / Laura Martin Miller
  • The dyes used in Guatemalan textiles: a diachronic approach / Robert S. Carlsen and David A. Wenger
  • Export markets and their effects on indigenous craft production: the case of the weavers of Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico / Lynn Stephen
  • The marketing of Maya textiles in highland Chiapas, Mexico / Walter F. Morris, Jr.
  • Beyond bricolage: women and aesthetic strategies in Latin American textiles / Janet Catherine Berlo.

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