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Author Femenias, Blenda, author.

Title Gender and the boundaries of dress in contemporary Peru / Blenda Femenías
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Series Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 6
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 6.
Contents False borders, embroidered lives -- Traveling -- Fabricating ethnic frontiers : identity in a region at the crossroads -- Clothing the body : visual domain and cultural process -- Addressing history : representation and the embodiment of memory -- Dancing in disguise : transvestism and festivals as performance -- Marching and meaning : ethnic symbols and gendered demonstrations -- Making difference : gender and production in a workshop system -- Trading places : exchange, identity, and the commoditization of cloth -- Why women wear polleras
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Indian women -- Clothing -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
Indian textile fabrics -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
Indian embroidery -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
Costume -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa) -- Psychological aspects
Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Costume -- Psychological aspects
Costume -- Symbolic aspects
Human body -- Symbolic aspects
Indian embroidery
Indian textile fabrics
Indian women -- Clothing
Manners and customs
Sekseverschillen.
Kleding.
Femmes -- Costume -- Pérou -- Colca (Arequipa, Pérou ; cours d'eau)
Textiles et tissus indiens d'Amérique -- Pérou -- Colca (Arequipa, Pérou ; cours d'eau)
SUBJECT Colca River Valley (Arequipa, Peru) -- Social life and customs
Subject Peru -- Colca River Valley (Arequipa)
Colca (Arequipa, Pérou ; cours d'eau) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0292797303
9780292797307