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Crafting gender : women and folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by Eli Bartra.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk art--Latin America.
- Folk art.
- Folk art--Caribbean Area.
- Women artists--Latin America.
- Women artists.
- Women artists--Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Analyzes Latin American and Caribbean folk art from a feminist perspective, considering the issue of gender in the production and circulation of popular art produced by women.
- Contents:
- Always something new : changing fashions in a "traditional culture" / Sally Price (Suriname)
- The emergence of the santeras strengthens traditional Puerto Rican art / Norma Valle (Puerto Rico)
- Kuna women's arts : molas, meaning and markets / Mari Lyn Salvador (Panama)
- Connections : creative expressions of canelos quichua women / Dorothea Scott Whitten (Ecuador)
- Engendering clay : women potters of Mata Ortiz / Eli Bartra (Mexico)
- Women's folk art in la chamba / Ronald J. Duncan (Colombia)
- The Mapuche craftswomen / Dolores Juliano (Argentina)
- Women's prayers : the aesthetics and meanings of female votive paintings in Chalma / Maria de Jesus Rodriguez-Shadow (Mexico)
- Earth magic : the legacy of Teodora Blanco / Betty Laduke (Mexico)
- Tastes, colors, and techniques of embroidery in the clothing of Mayan women / Lourdes Rejon Patron (Mexico).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-06452-9
- 9786613064523
- 0-8223-8487-6
- OCLC:
- 191222181
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