Miniature crafts and their makers : palm weaving in a Mexican town / Katrin S. Flechsig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flechsig, Katrin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mixtec Indians--Industries--Mexico--Chigmecatitlán.

Mixtec Indians.

Mixtec Indians--Mexico--Chigmecatitlán--Rites and ceremonies.

Mixtec baskets--Mexico--Chigmecatitlán.

Mixtec baskets.

Palm frond weaving--Mexico--Chigmecatitlán.

Palm frond weaving.

Miniature craft--Mexico--Chigmecatitlán.

Miniature craft.

Rites and ceremonies.

Chigmecatitlán (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Chigmecatitlán (Mexico).

Chigmecatitlán (Mexico)--Economic conditions.

Mexico--Chigmecatitlán.

Physical Description:

xv, 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2004]

Contents:

The lilliputization of Mexico

Chigmecatitlán from a distance

Palm weaving as a microindustry

Brittle memories : a history of weaving palm

Shrinking crafts

The priest : ritual contexts of the miniature

Learning and forgetting : the art of weaving palm

Petty commodities : selling the miniature

Private town, public longing

Imagining the future of a Mexican craft.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-202) and index.

ISBN:

0816524009

OCLC:

55109031