Description
Book SynopsisCarol Hendrickson presents an ethnography of clothing focused on the traje—particularly women’s traje—of Tecpán, Guatemala, a bi-ethnic community in the central highlands.
Trade ReviewAn exceptionally fine ethnography that focuses on the integral role that traje or Maya dress and cloth production plays in the lives of the people of Tecpán, Guatemala.... offers rich insights into the power of traje: as decorative clothing reflecting both individual tastes and the collective power of the Maya community, who regard cloth as more than clothing. For them, traje is the memory of their proud past and an integral part of their future. * American Anthropologist *
Table of Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- List of 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
