Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador

Describes contemporary daily and ceremonial costumes and bodily adornments of indigenous peoples of highland Ecuador, as they relate to ethnic identity. Examines the creation and use of clothing itself, looking at loom styles and fabrics, and explores historical forces that have shaped indigenous c

Summary

In most parts of highland Ecuador, people still identify themselves as indigenous and as belonging to a particular ethnic subgroup by the clothes and ornaments they wear. This book offers insight into the role of costume-clothing, jewelry, and bodily adornment - in a society changing from a subsistence economy to one based on wage income.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Ann Meisch, Ann Pollard Rowe
• Assisted by: Ann Pollard Rowe (Editor), Ann Pollard Rowe (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1998
• EAN: 9780295977423
• ISBN: 978-0-295-97742-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 1225 g
• Illustrations: 286 illus.
• Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books; Samuel and Althea Stroum Books; Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology