Costume and history in highland Ecuador / [edited] by Ann Pollard Rowe and Lynn A. Meisch ; With contributions by Suzanne Austin ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowe, Ann Pollard.

Meisch, Lynn, 1945-

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Ecuador--History.

Clothing and dress.

Ethnicity--Ecuador--History.

Ethnicity.

Manners and customs.

History.

Ecuador--Social life and customs.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

xvii, 382 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2011]

Summary:

The Traditional Costumes worn by people in the Andes-women's woolen skirts, men's ponchos, woven belts, and white felt hats-instantly identify them as natives of the region and serve as revealing markers of ethnicity, social class, gender, age, and so on. Because costume expresses so much, scholars study it to learn how the indigenous people of the Andes have identified themselves over time, as well as how others have identified and influenced them.

Costume and History in Highland Ecuador assembles for the first time for any Andean country the evidence for indigenous costume from the entire chronological range of prehistory and history. The contributors glean a remarkable amount of information from pre-Hispanic ceramics and textile tools, archaeological textiles from the Inca empire in Peru, written accounts from the colonial period, nineteenth-century European-style pictorial representations, and twentieth-century textiles in museum collections. Their findings reveal that several garments introduced by the Incas, including men's tunics and women's wrapped dresses, shawls, and belts, had a remarkable longevity. They also demonstrate that the hybrid poncho from Chile and the rebozo from Mexico diffused in South America during the colonial period, and that the development of the rebozo in particular was more interesting and complex than has previously been suggested. The adoption of Spanish garments such as the pollera (skirt) and man's shirt were also less straightforward and of more recent vintage than might be expected.

Although costume is locally variable, the general themes identified here are also applicable to other parts of the Americas. The evolution of costume in Ecuador reveals ways in which indigenous people throughout the hemisphere negotiated their representation during centuries of cultural conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Ecuador before the Incas

The Geography of Ecuador / Karen Olsen Bruhns Bruhns, Karen Olsen 11

An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ecuador / Karen Olsen Bruhns Bruhns, Karen Olsen 13

Costume in Ecuador before the Incas / Karen Olsen Bruhns Bruhns, Karen Olsen 22

Evidence for Pre-Inca Textiles / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 49

2 Ecuador under the Inca Empire

The Incas in Quito / John Howland Rowe Rowe, John Howland 70

Costume under the Inca Empire / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 84

3 Ecuador under the Spanish Empire

An Introduction to the History of Colonial Ecuador / Suzanne Austin Austin, Suzanne 96

Colonial Costume / Lynn A. Meisch Meisch, Lynn A. 104

4 Historical Developments in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Ecuador / Margaret Young-Sánchez Young-Sánchez, Margaret 111

5 Carchi Province (Ecuador) and the Department of Nariño (Colombia) / Joanne Rappaport Rappaport, Joanne 119

6 Costume in Imbabura Province

Otavalo / Lynn A. Meisch Meisch, Lynn A. 130

Natabuela / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 156

Eastern Imbabura and Northeastern Pichincha Provinces / Lynn A. Meisch Meisch, Lynn A., Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 164

7 Costume in Southern Pichincha Province / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 169

8 Costume in Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, and Bolívar Provinces / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 224

9 Costume in Chimborazo and Cañar Provinces / Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 243

10 Azuay Province

The Cholos of Azuay: Historical Introduction / Margaret Young-Sánchez Young-Sánchez, Margaret 270

Historic Costume in Azuay / Lynn A. Meisch Meisch, Lynn A., Ann Pollard Rowe Rowe, Ann Pollard 279

11 Saraguro Costume in Loja Province / Lynn A. Meisch Meisch, Lynn A. 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-365) and index.

ISBN:

9780292725911

0292725914

OCLC:

679936765