Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes: An Anthology

Published by University of Texas Press 1996

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes

An Anthology

Edited by: Margot Blum Schevill , Janet Catherine Berlo and Edward B. Dwyer

https://doi.org/10.7560/777149

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor 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.

Reviews

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the 1996 Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
I Introduction
The Communicative Power of Cloth and Its Creation Margot Blum Schevill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II Mesoamerica
Chapter One . Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in Post- Classic Mexico Sharisse D. McCafferty and Geoffrey G. McCafferty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter Two . Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress Cherri M. Pancake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter Three . A Line at a Time: Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico Pamela Scheinman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter Four . Dress and Civil-Religious Hierarchy in Solola, Guatemala Guisela Mayen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter Five . Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala: The Case of Tecpan, Guatemala Carol Hendrickson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter Six . Woman's Costume as a Code in Comalapa, Guatemala Linda Asturias de Barrios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter Eight . Regional Dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: A Dynamic Tradition Blenda Femenias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter Nine . Nature Versus Culture: The Image of the Uncivilized Wild-Man in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru Lee Anne Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Chapter Ten . Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru Raquel Ackerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Chapter Eleven . Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals, Bolivia Mary Ann Medlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
IV Weaving and Dyeing Technology
Chapter Twelve . Dual-Lease Weaving: An Andean Loom Technology Ed Franquemont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Chapter Thirteen . Resist Dyeing in Mexico: Comments on Its History, Significance, and Prevalence Virginia Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Chapter Fourteen . The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador Laura Martin Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Chapter Fifteen . The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles: A Diachronic Approach Robert S. Carlsen and David A. Wenger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
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 Lynn Stephen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Chapter Seventeen . The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico Walter F. Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
VI Conclusion
Chapter Eighteen . Beyond Bricolage: Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles Janet Catherine Berlo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Additional References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	480
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 527

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