Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes: An AnthologyMargot Blum Schevill, Janet Catherine Berlo, Edward B. Dwyer In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Precolumbian times to the present. Originally published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, the book grew out of a 1987 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Costume as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America" at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. |
Contents
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Mesoamerica | 19 |
Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in PostClassic Mexico | 21 |
Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress | 47 |
A Line at a Time Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of Isthmian Mexico | 65 |
Dress and CivilReligious Hierarchy in Solola Guatemala | 91 |
Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala The Case of Tecpan Guatemala | 107 |
Womans Clothing as a Code in Comalapa Guatemala | 129 |
Weaving and Dyeing Technology | 283 |
DualLease Weaving An Andean Loom Technology | 285 |
Resist Dyeing in Mexico Comments on Its History Significance and Prevalence | 311 |
The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador | 339 |
The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles A Diachronic Approach | 361 |
The Marketing of Textiles | 381 |
Export Markets and Their Effects on Indigenous Craft Production The Case of the Weavers of Teotitlan del Valle Mexico | 383 |
The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas Mexico | 405 |
Central Andes of South America | 145 |
We Are Sons of Atahualpa and We Will Win Traditional Dress in Otavalo and Saraguro Ecuador | 147 |
Regional Dress of the Colca Valley Peru A Dynamic Tradition | 181 |
Nature versus Culture The Image of the Uncivilized WildMan in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco Peru | 207 |
Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes Province of Abancay Peru | 233 |
Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals Bolivia | 263 |
Conclusion | 437 |
Beyond Bricolage Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles | 439 |
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Glossary | 485 |
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