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Informationen zum Autor Professor Eli Bartra is based in La Division de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades! Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco! Mexico. She has published widely in Women's Studies in both Spanish and English. Klappentext Mexico is home to some of the world's most extraordinary folk art! and the majority of its highly acclaimed pieces were created by women. Looking closely at eight types of Mexican folk art! including votive paintings! embroidered exvotos! cardboard Judas dolls! reproductions of Frida Kahlo's paintings made of clay! and clay figures from Cumicho called "alebrijes!" this beautifully illustrated volume is one of the first to trace the role and effects of gender on both the objects of Mexican folk art and the knowledge and life experiences that lie behind them. Zusammenfassung Intends to engender Mexican folk art and locate women at its centre by studying the processes of creation! distribution! and consumption! as well as examining iconographic aspects! and elements of class and ethnicity! from the perspective of gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Folk Art and some of its Myths Women and Votive Paintings Judas was not a Woman! but - Fantastic Arts: Alebrijes and Ocumichos Monsters of a Thousand Colors Laughing Little Devils 'High' Art in Ocumicho Frida Kahlo on a Visit to Ocotlan: 'The Painting's One Thing! the Clay's Another' The Paintings on the Sarapes of Teotitlan From Humble Rag Dolls to Zapatistas Embroiderers of Miracles
