A Textile Guide to the Highlands of Chiapas
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2012
Thrums LLC (Verlag)
978-0-9838860-0-6 (ISBN)
Thrums LLC (Verlag)
978-0-9838860-0-6 (ISBN)
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In this richly illustrated, bilingual book, readers will visit 20 villages in the Chiapas Highlands, learn their history and folklore, get an insider's look at their festivals, traditions, and daily lives, and revel in their stunning handwoven cloth.
The Chiapas Highlands comprise a remote and relatively unknown area of Mexico that possesses among the most interesting, varied, and masterful textile traditions in the world. Separated by extreme terrain and distinct climates, villages in this region have developed weaving techniques and styles of dress that have persisted for centuries. In this richly illustrated, bilingual book, readers will visit 20 villages, learn their history and folklore, get an insider's look at their festivals, traditions, and daily lives, and revel in their stunning handwoven cloth.
Ritual transvestites, Virgin statues draped with native blouses, village officials wearing tunics designed to look like howler monkey fur, men and women alike in elaborately floral shawls and ponchos–these are just a few of the unforgettable images captured in this book.
The Chiapas Highlands comprise a remote and relatively unknown area of Mexico that possesses among the most interesting, varied, and masterful textile traditions in the world. Separated by extreme terrain and distinct climates, villages in this region have developed weaving techniques and styles of dress that have persisted for centuries. In this richly illustrated, bilingual book, readers will visit 20 villages, learn their history and folklore, get an insider's look at their festivals, traditions, and daily lives, and revel in their stunning handwoven cloth.
Ritual transvestites, Virgin statues draped with native blouses, village officials wearing tunics designed to look like howler monkey fur, men and women alike in elaborately floral shawls and ponchos–these are just a few of the unforgettable images captured in this book.
Walter F Morris is a founder of Sna Jolobil, a weaving collective based in San Cristóbal, which both supports weavers and fosters excellence in native textile arts. Carol Karasik is a writer and editor who has produced a number of books on modern Maya culture. Janet Schwartz is a native New Yorker who came to Chiapas in 1978 on a Fulbright Scholarship to study the Bonampak murals. She has gone on to become a clothing designer, a tour guide, and ultimately a journalist/photographer with thousands of bylines to her credit.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.1.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | CO |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles | |
| Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► Mexiko | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-9838860-0-8 / 0983886008 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-9838860-0-6 / 9780983886006 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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