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Author:   Blenda Femenías
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292702639

ISBN 10:   0292702639
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 May 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction. False Borders, Embroidered Lives 1. Traveling 2. Fabricating Ethnic Frontiers: Identity in a Region at the Crossroads 3. Clothing the Body: Visual Domain and Cultural Process 4. Addressing History: Representation and the Embodiment of Memory 5. Dancing in Disguise: Transvestism and Festivals as Performance 6. Marching and Meaning: Ethnic Symbols and Gendered Demonstrations 7. Making Difference: Gender and Production in a Workshop System 8. Trading Places: Exchange, Identity, and the Commoditization of Cloth Conclusion. Why Women Wear Polleras Notes Bibliography Index

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Blenda B. Femenías is a Research Associate at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

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