Crafting Tradition : : The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings /

Crafting Tradition : : The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings / / Michael Chibnik.

Since the mid-1980s, whimsical, brightly colored wood carvings from the Mexican state of Oaxaca have found their way into gift shops and private homes across the United States and Europe, as Western consumers seek to connect with the authenticity and tradition represented by indigenous folk arts. Ir...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Chibnik, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2003
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CHAPTER ONE Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO History of Oaxacan Wood Carving (1940–1985)
  • CHAPTER THREE Contemporary Wood Carving
  • CHAPTER FOUR Wood-Carving Communities
  • CHAPTER FIVE Economic Strategies
  • CHAPTER SIX Making Wood Carvings
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Global Markets and Local Work Organization
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Specializations
  • CHAPTER NINE How Artisans Attain Success
  • CHAPTER TEN Popular Journalism, Artistic Styles, and Economic Success
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Sales in Oaxaca
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Sales in the United States
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN Conclusion
  • EPILOGUE
  • REFERENCES CITED
  • INDEX

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