Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes : : An Anthology / / ed. by Margot Blum Schevill, Edward B. Dwyer, Janet Catherine Berlo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ackerman, Raquel,; Asturias de Barrios, Linda,; Berlo, Janet Catherine,; Blum Schevill, Margot,; Carlsen, Robert S.,; Davis, Virginia,; Femenias, Blenda,; Franquemont, Ed,; Hendrickson, Carol,; Martin Miller, Laura,; Mayen, Guisela,; McCafferty, Geoffrey G.,; McCafferty, Sharisse D.,; Medlin, Mary Ann,; Meisch, Lynn A.,; Morris, Walter F.,; Pancake, Cherri M.,; Scheinman, Pamela,; Stephen, Lynn,; Wenger, David A.,; Wilson, Lee Anne,
• HerausgeberIn: Berlo, Janet Catherine,; Dwyer, Edward B.,; Schevill, Margot Blum,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (527 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the 1996 Edition -- Contributors -- I Introduction -- The Communicative Power of Cloth and Its Creation -- II Mesoamerica -- Chapter One . Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in Post- Classic Mexico -- Chapter Two . Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress -- Chapter Three . A Line at a Time: Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico -- Chapter Four . Dress and Civil-Religious Hierarchy in Solola, Guatemala -- Chapter Five . Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala: The Case of Tecpan, Guatemala -- Chapter Six . Woman's Costume as a Code in Comalapa, Guatemala -- III Central Andes of South America -- Chapter Seven . We Are Sons of Atahualpa and We Will Win: Traditional Dress in Otavalo and Saraguro, Ecuador -- Chapter Eight . Regional Dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: A Dynamic Tradition -- Chapter Nine . Nature Versus Culture: The Image of the Uncivilized Wild-Man in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru -- Chapter Ten . Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru -- Chapter Eleven . Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals, Bolivia -- IV Weaving and Dyeing Technology -- Chapter Twelve . Dual-Lease Weaving: An Andean Loom Technology -- Chapter Thirteen . Resist Dyeing in Mexico: Comments on Its History, Significance, and Prevalence -- Chapter Fourteen . The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador -- Chapter Fifteen . The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles: A Diachronic Approach -- V The Marketing of Textiles -- Chapter Sixteen . Export Markets and Their Effects on Indigenous Craft Production: The Case of the Weavers of Ifeotitlan del Valle, Mexico -- Chapter Seventeen . The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico -- VI Conclusion -- Chapter Eighteen . Beyond Bricolage: Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles -- Additional References -- Glossary -- Index