Textile traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes : an anthology

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* Preface to the 1996 Edition * Contributors * I. Introduction: The Communicative Power of Cloth and Its Creation (Margot Blum Schevill) * II. Mesoamerica * Chapter One. Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in Post-Classic Mexico (Sharisse D. McCafferty and Geoffrey G. McCafferty) * Chapter Two. Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress (Cherri M. Pancake) * Chapter Three. A Line at a Time: Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico (Pamela Scheinman) * Chapter Four. Dress and Civil-Religious Hierarchy in Solola, Guatemala (Guisela Mayen) * Chapter Five. Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala: The Case of Tecpan, Guatemala (Carol Hendrickson) * Chapter Six. Woman's Costume as a Code in Comalapa, Guatemala (Linda Asturias de Barrios) * 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) * Chapter Eight. Regional Dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: A Dynamic Tradition *(Blenda Femenias) * Chapter Nine. Nature Versus Culture: The Image of the Uncivilized Wild-Man in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru (Lee Anne Wilson) * Chapter Ten. Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru (Raquel Ackerman) * Chapter Eleven. Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals, Bolivia (Mary Ann Medlin) * IV. Weaving and Dyeing Technology * Chapter Twelve. Dual-Lease Weaving: An Andean Loom Technology (Ed Franquemont) * Chapter Thirteen. Resist Dyeing in Mexico: Comments on Its History, Significance, and Prevalence (Virginia Davis) * Chapter Fourteen. The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador (Laura Martin Miller) * Chapter Fifteen. The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles: A Diachronic Approach (Robert S. Carlsen and David A. Wenger) * V. The Marketing of Textiles * Chapter Sixteen. Export Markets and Their Effects on Indigenous Craft Production: The Case of the Weavers of Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico (Lynn Stephen) * Chapter Seventeen. The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico (Walter F. Morris, Jr.) * VI. Conclusion * Chapter Eighteen. Beyond Bricolage: Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles (Janet Catherine Berlo) * Additional References * Glossary * Index

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