Weaving identities : construction of dress and self in a highland Guatemala town / by Carol Hendrickson.

Weaving identities : construction of dress and self in a highland Guatemala town /

"An innovative ethnography of Maya traje that describes the social life of cloth, its role in the construction of identity, and its part in the changing structure of regional gender relations. Traje empowers, brings women into the global market, and is an enduring of symbol cultural knowledge&q...

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Main Author: Hendrickson, Carol Elaine, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Cakchikel Indians > Clothing.
Cakchikel textile fabrics > Guatemala > Tecpán Guatemala.
Costume > Symbolic aspects > Guatemala > Tecpán Guatemala.
Costume > Social aspects > Guatemala > Tecpán Guatemala.
Trabajadores textiles > Tecpán, Guatemala.
Vestido > Tecpán, Guatemala > Simbología.
Vestido > Aspectos sociales > Tecpán, Guatemala.
Kleding.
Culturele identiteit.
Cakchiqueles.
Cakchiquel (Indiens) > Costumes.
Costume > Guatemala > Tecpán.
Textiles et tissus Cakchiquel > Guatemala > Tecpán.
Tecpán Guatemala (Guatemala) > Social life and customs.
Tecpán, Guatemala > Vida social y costumbres.
Tecpán (Guatemala) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Acquisition Notes:Gift of Theodore T. Newbold

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Call Number: F1465.2 .C3 H46 1995
Status: Available  Place a Hold

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