Gender and the boundaries of dress in contemporary Peru by Blenda Femenias
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Book
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8
editions published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
339
libraries
worldwide
Extrait de la couverture : "Set in Arequipa during Peru's recent years of crisis, this etholography reveals how dress creates gendered bodies. It explores why people wear clothes, why people make art, and why those things matter in a war-torn land. Blenda Femenías argues that women's clothes are key symbols of gender identity and resistance to racism. Moving between metropolitan Arequipa and rural Caylloma province, the central characters are the Quechua - and Spanish-speaking maize farmers and alpaca herders of the Colca Valley. Their identification as Indians, whites, and mestizos emerges through locally produced garments called 'bordados'. Because the artists who create these beautiful objets are also producers who carve an economic foot-hold, family workshops are vital in a nation where jobs are as scarce as peace. But ambiguity permeates all practices shaping 'bordados' significance. Femenías traces contemporary political and ritual applications, not only Caylloma's long-standing and violent ethnic conflicts, to the historical importance of cloth since Inca times. This is the only book about expressive culture in an Andean nation that centers on gender. In this feminist contribution to ethnography, based on twenty years' experience with Peru, including two years of intensive fieldwork, Femenías reflects on the eays gender shapes relationships among subjects, research, and representation."
Two faces of South Asian art : textiles and paintings by University of Wisconsin--Madison
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Book
)
1
edition published
in
1984
in
English
and held by
148
libraries
worldwide
Videodisc visual catalog of the Helen L. Allen Textile Collection by Helen Allen Textile Collection
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visu
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1
edition published
in
1985
in
English
and held by
5
libraries
worldwide
Shows the fabrics of the world with their culture and design.
Ambiguous emblems : gender, clothing, and representation in contemporary Peru by Blenda Femenias
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Book
)
3
editions published
in
1997
in
English
and held by
4
libraries
worldwide
Two faces of South Asian art : textiles and paintings(
Book
)
2
editions published
in
1984
in
English
and held by
3
libraries
worldwide
Andean aesthetics : textiles of Peru and Bolivia by Blenda Femenias
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Book
)
1
edition published
in
1987
in
English
and held by
2
libraries
worldwide
In cloth we trust by Blenda Femenias
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Book
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Ethnic artists and the appropriation of fashion: embroidery and identity in the Colca Valley, Peru by Blenda Femenías
(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1995
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Andean aesthetics : textiles of Peru and Bolivia(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1988
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
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