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Weaving Identities
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Author : Carol Hendrickson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Weaving Identities written by Carol Hendrickson and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Traje, the brightly colored traditional dress of the highland Maya, is the principal visual expression of indigenous identity in Guatemala today. Whether worn in beauty pageants, made for religious celebrations, or sold in tourist markets, traje is more than "mere cloth"—it plays an active role in the construction and expression of ethnicity, gender, education, politics, wealth, and nationality for Maya and non-Maya alike. Carol 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. She covers the period from 1980, when the recent round of violence began, to the early 1990s, when Maya revitalization efforts emerged. Using a symbolic analysis informed by political concerns, Hendrickson seeks to increase the value accorded to a subject like weaving, which is sometimes disparaged as "craft" or "women's work." She examines traje in three dimensions—as part of the enduring images of the "Indian," as an indicator of change in the human life cycle and cloth production, and as a medium for innovation and creative expression. From this study emerges a picture of highland life in which traje and the people who wear it are bound to tradition and place, yet are also actively changing and reflecting the wider world. The book will be important reading for all those interested in the contemporary Maya, the cultural analysis of material culture, and the role of women in culture preservation and change.
Weaving Identities
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Author : Carol Hendrickson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1995-12
Weaving Identities written by Carol Hendrickson and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12 with Social Science categories.
"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.
Construction Of Personal And Social Identities Through Contemporary Appearance
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Author : Elka Marie Stevens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Construction Of Personal And Social Identities Through Contemporary Appearance written by Elka Marie Stevens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Ghanaian Americans categories.
The study documents how five Ghanaian women in the United States utilize clothing and other items related to their appearance to construct, reaffirm, and modify personal and social identities within the context of their daily lives. To understand appearance and its associated practices is to seek to understand the social and cultural meanings which are associated with appearance practices. Such meanings are affected by traces of Ghanaian culture as well as cultural contacts in American society. Comprehending these meanings is essential to understanding their use in the construction of personal and social identities with respect to the context of time and location appropriateness. To better understand how Ghanaian women contemporarily construct social and political identities through their appearance in the context of the “everyday,” theoretical and methodological underpinnings of interpretive inquiry were utilized. The guiding interest of interpretive science is to clarify, authenticate, and uncover, or bring to full human awareness, structures of meaning in everyday experiences. The aim is to identify human cultural activity and experience from the perspective of those who are living the experience. Moreover, interpretive inquiry allows for the uncovering of rules, social action, and other phenomenon that must be explained by placing it in an appropriate context of a cultural system. In this regard, I draw upon ethnography. The process of obtaining of thick description allowed me to uncover how Ghanaian women interpret, assign, and encode meanings to aspects of objects within their environments and their motives which address certain perceptions, interpretations, and interactions. This study explicates the ways in which Ghanaian women employ appearance and clothing practices to achieve a sense of personal and social identity with respect to Ghanaian values and culture while in the United States and abroad and provides a way of understanding the everyday practices and cultural heritage of Ghanaians which (1) inform non-Ghanaians and (2) serve as a way of thinking about the interrelationship between culture and practices across disciplines and traditions, i.e., situating this study within the philosophical grounding or conceptual framework which will allow for the explanation of human actions.
Ancient Maya Gender Identity And Relations
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Author : Lowell S. Gustafson
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2002-07-30
Ancient Maya Gender Identity And Relations written by Lowell S. Gustafson and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-30 with Social Science categories.
The first book to examine how the ancient Maya defined gender. Contributors explain what it meant to be male and female. They show how gender was experienced and what the bases were for gender designations. They demonstrate how gender relations affected other areas of Mayan life, such as the arts, cosmology, economics, politics, religion, and social structure. And they analyze the changes in Mayan gender relations and identities that were fostered by evolving historical systems. There was no single Mayan polity nor was there a unitary cultural approach. Certain similarities in culture account for the observation of a general commonality among the ancient Maya, but there clearly were significant differences between Mayan sites, within the same site over time, and even between social sectors at the same site in any given time—this is no less true for ancient Maya gender identity and relations. Thus, the authors seek to explain why emphasis upon bilateral inheritance of power and prerogative was emphasized in artwork at some periods and some sites and not at others. Avoiding the vain attempt to provide a single explanation, they seek to offer a clearer sense of the richness of their topic.
Narrative Voices And The Liberation Movement In The Mexican State Of Chiapas
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Author : Wendy Caldwell
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 2004
Narrative Voices And The Liberation Movement In The Mexican State Of Chiapas written by Wendy Caldwell and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book focuses on a series of indigenista novels of Chiapas, Mexico published between 1957 and 1994 and examines these works of fiction as mirrors of important social, political, and economic realities plaguing contemporary Mexican society, in particular Chiapas. From this narrative sequence, a liberationist discourse emerges that reflects the ideas of Liberation Theology and its approach to the plight of the poor. The authors portray a set of obstacles that impede the liberation process and, in doing so, project movement toward the authentic liberation of the native inhabitants of their novels. Through the theoretical framework of liberation thought, this book shows how literature, specifically the novel, can transcend the boundaries of genre and transform itself into a participant in the debate on multiethnic identity in Mexico. With the 1994 uprising led by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Chiapas has become a global symbol for marginalized voices that struggle to gain a legitimate space in Mexican society. The novels treated in the book outline the context which led to the -YA BASTA! of the EZLN.The content is presented within an interdisciplinary context and, therefore, is attractive to a variety of fields.
The Last Incas
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Author : Katharine E. Seibold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Last Incas written by Katharine E. Seibold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cuzco (Peru : Department) categories.
Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Serena Nanda
language : en
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Release Date : 2002
Cultural Anthropology written by Serena Nanda and has been published by Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Social Science categories.
Build your own awareness of cultures around the world with CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY! Emphasizing the issues of gender, stratification, ethnicity, globalization, and the similarities and differences among all cultures, this anthropology text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. Take advantage of ThomsonNOW, which saves you time and enhances your performance in the course through Pre-Tests, Personalized Study Plans and Post-Test materials.
Threads Of Identity
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Author : Patricia B. Altman
language : en
Publisher: University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Release Date : 1992
Threads Of Identity written by Patricia B. Altman and has been published by University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Business & Economics categories.
Guatemala Scholars Network News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Guatemala Scholars Network News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Civil rights categories.
Economic Differentiations And Tribal Identity
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Author : Ghanshyam Shah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Economic Differentiations And Tribal Identity written by Ghanshyam Shah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Chaudri (Indic people) categories.