Crafting gender : women and folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean

Crafting gender : women and folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by Eli Bartra.

Other author/creator	Bartra, Eli.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	[Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press, ©2003.
Description	viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Folk art--Latin America. Folk art--Caribbean Area. Women artists--Latin America. Women artists--Caribbean Area.

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) --
Contents	The Mapuche craftswomen / Dolores Juliano (Argentina) -- Women's prayers : the aesthetics and meanings of female votive paintings in Chalma / María de Jesús Rodríguez-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 Rejón Patrón (Mexico).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2003007677
ISBN	0822331829 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822331705 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	NK802 .C7 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold