Weaving identities

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.

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

Places: Guatemala,  Tecpán Guatemala,  Tecpán Guatemala (Guatemala)