Andean Entrepreneurs : : Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena / / Lynn A. Meisch.
Native to a high valley in the Andes of Ecuador, the Otavalos are an indigenous people whose handcrafted textiles and traditional music are now sold in countries around the globe. Known as weavers and merchants since pre-Inca times, Otavalos today live and work in over thirty countries on six contin...
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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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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2002 |
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 (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Globalization and Otavalo Life
- 2. How the Otavalos Became Otavalos
- 3. Textiles and Tourism Move to the Fore
- 4. In Search of the Noble Savage: Tourism and Travel to Otavalo
- 5. Otavalo Music at Home and Abroad
- 6. Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
- 7. Otavalo Wealth and Changing Social Relations
- 8. Coping with Globalization
- References
- Index