Otavalan women, ethnicity, and globalization / Linda D'Amico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Amico, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941.

Otavalo Indians--History.

Otavalo Indians.

Otavalo Indians--Ethnic relations.

Otavalo Indians--Social conditions.

Indian women--Ecuador--Otavalo Region--Social conditions.

Indian women.

Culture and globalization--Ecuador--Otavalo Region.

Culture and globalization.

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941--Influence.

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews.

Social conditions.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011.

Summary:

Partially based on the author's PhD dissertation, this book is an anthropologist's account of her extraordinary relationship with an extraordinary indigenous woman in Ecuador. Rosa Lema's long life has intersected with dramatic changes in the cultural context and world connections of her people, the Otavalen, and Lema has made the best of the opportunities that cross-cultural exchanges have offered--even visiting New York City in 1949. D'Amico offers this ethnography, which intertwines her experiences with Lema; those of a previous ethnographer, Elsie Clews Parsons--who knew Lema several decades earlier; and broader considerations of the cultural construction of place and transcultural identities in local and global marketplaces. B&w and color photos support the text. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826349910

0826349919

OCLC:

726821575