List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Acknowledgments; Note on Kaqchikel Orthography; 1. Introduction; 2. The Geography of Clothing; 3. The Enduring Indian: Images of the Maya; 4. Between Birth and Death: Traje and the Human Life Cycle; 5. The Cultural Biography of Traje; 6. Transforming the Traditional: The Creative in Traje; 7. To Wear Traje Is to Say We Are Maya -- Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"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"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index
Notes
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