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Author:   Margot Blum Schevill ,  Janet Catherine Berlo ,  Edward B. Dwyer
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292777149

ISBN 10:   0292777140
Pages:   527
Publication Date:   01 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface to the 1996 Edition Contributors I. Introduction: The Communicative Power of Cloth and Its Creation (Margot Blum Schevill) II. Mesoamerica Chapter One. Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in Post-Classic Mexico (Sharisse D. McCafferty and Geoffrey G. McCafferty) Chapter Two. Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress (Cherri M. Pancake) Chapter Three. A Line at a Time: Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico (Pamela Scheinman) Chapter Four. Dress and Civil-Religious Hierarchy in Solola, Guatemala (Guisela Mayen) Chapter Five. Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala: The Case of Tecpan, Guatemala (Carol Hendrickson) Chapter Six. Woman's Costume as a Code in Comalapa, Guatemala (Linda Asturias de Barrios) III. Central Andes of South America Chapter Seven. We Are Sons of Atahualpa and We Will Win: Traditional Dress in Otavalo and Saraguro, Ecuador (Lynn A. Meisch) Chapter Eight. Regional Dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: A Dynamic Tradition (Blenda Femenias) Chapter Nine. Nature Versus Culture: The Image of the Uncivilized Wild-Man in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru (Lee Anne Wilson) Chapter Ten. Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru (Raquel Ackerman) Chapter Eleven. Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals, Bolivia (Mary Ann Medlin) IV. Weaving and Dyeing Technology Chapter Twelve. Dual-Lease Weaving: An Andean Loom Technology (Ed Franquemont) Chapter Thirteen. Resist Dyeing in Mexico: Comments on Its History, Significance, and Prevalence (Virginia Davis) Chapter Fourteen. The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador (Laura Martin Miller) Chapter Fifteen. The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles: A Diachronic Approach (Robert S. Carlsen and David A. Wenger) V. The Marketing of Textiles Chapter Sixteen. Export Markets and Their Effects on Indigenous Craft Production: The Case of the Weavers of Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico (Lynn Stephen) Chapter Seventeen. The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico (Walter F. Morris, Jr.) VI. Conclusion Chapter Eighteen. Beyond Bricolage: Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles (Janet Catherine Berlo) Additional References Glossary Index

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This is a vital, worthwhile book that fills an important need and is very much in phase with current anthropological thinking... This anthology will be particularly rewarding to readers interested in traditional indigenous communities and the insight gleaned from a detailed consideration of cloth and clothing. American Anthropologist The essays in this book are informative and a pleasure to read. Collectively they make the reader want to journey to Mesoamerica and the Andes to view in person the cloth and clothing of the indigenous communities. Latin American Anthropology Review

The essays in this book are informative and a pleasure to read. Collectively they make the reader want to journey to Mesoamerica and the Andes to view in person the cloth and clothing of the indigenous communities. * Latin American Anthropology Review * This is a vital, worthwhile book that fills an important need and is very much in phase with current anthropological thinking.... This anthology will be particularly rewarding to readers interested in traditional indigenous communities and the insight gleaned from a detailed consideration of cloth and clothing. * American Anthropologist *

This is a vital, worthwhile book that fills an important need and is very much in phase with current anthropological thinking.... This anthology will be particularly rewarding to readers interested in traditional indigenous communities and the insight gleaned from a detailed consideration of cloth and clothing. * American Anthropologist * The essays in this book are informative and a pleasure to read. Collectively they make the reader want to journey to Mesoamerica and the Andes to view in person the cloth and clothing of the indigenous communities. * Latin American Anthropology Review *

Author Information

Margot Blum Schevill is a textile consultant for the P. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Janet Catherine Berlo is Professor of Art History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Edward B. Dwyer is Associate Provost at the Rhode Island School of Design.

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