{"product_id":"weaving-identities-9780292731004","title":"Weaving Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarol 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Kaqchikel Orthography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Geography of Clothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Enduring Indian: Images of the Maya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Between Birth and Death: \u003ci\u003eTraje\u003c\/i\u003e and the Human Life Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Cultural Biography of \u003ci\u003eTraje\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Transforming the Traditional: The Creative in \u003ci\u003eTraje\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. To Wear \u003ci\u003eTraje\u003c\/i\u003e Is to Say \"We Are Maya\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400865030487,"sku":"9780292731004","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/weaving-identities-9780292731004","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}