Weaving identities

By Carol Elaine Hendrickson

Subjects: Symbolic aspects, Anthropology, Symbolic aspects of Costume, Cakchikel Indians, Guatemala, Clothing and dress, social aspects, Clothing, General, Costume, Cakchiquel (Indiens), HEALTH & FITNESS, Manners and customs, Moeurs et coutumes, Culturele identiteit, Social aspects of Costume, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social life and customs, Cakchiqueles, Indian textile fabrics, Beauty & Grooming, Kleding, Social aspects, Cakchikel textile fabrics, Textiles et tissus Cakchiquel, Costumes

Description: "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.