Miniature Crafts and Their Makers : Palm Weaving in a Mexican Town /

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"Flechsig places the crafts of Chigmecatitlan within the contexts of manufacturing, local history, religion, design and technique, and selling. She tells how innovation is introduced into the craft, such as through the modification of foreign designs in response to market demands. She also offe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flechsig, Katrin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Palm frond weaving.
Mixtec Indians.
Mixtec baskets.
Miniature craft.
Economic history.
Miniature craft > Mexico > Chigmecatitlán.
Palm frond weaving > Mexico > Chigmecatitlán.
Mixtec baskets > Mexico > Chigmecatitlán.
Mixtec Indians > Mexico > Chigmecatitlán > Rites and ceremonies.
Mixtec Indians > Mexico > Chigmecatitlán > Industries.
Mexico > Chigmecatitlán.
Chigmecatitlán (Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Chigmecatitlán (Mexico) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The lilliputization of Mexico
  • Chigmecatitlán from a distance
  • Palm weaving as a microindustry
  • Brittle memories : a history of weaving palm
  • Shrinking crafts
  • The priest : ritual contexts of the miniature
  • Learning and forgetting : the art of weaving palm
  • Petty commodities : selling the miniature
  • Private town, public longing
  • Imagining the future of a Mexican craft.

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