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8 Trading Places: Exchange, Identity, and the Commoditization of Cloth
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Blenda Femenías
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps and Figures viii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction. False Borders, Embroidered Lives 1
- 1 Traveling 35
- 2 Fabricating Ethnic Frontiers: Identity in a Region at the Crossroads 78
- 3 Clothing the Body: Visual Domain and Cultural Process 103
- 4 Addressing History: Representation and the Embodiment of Memory 147
- 5 Dancing in Disguise: Transvestism and Festivals as Performance 185
- 6 Marching and Meaning: Ethnic Symbols and Gendered Demonstrations 215
- 7 Making Difference: Gender and Production in a Workshop System 241
- 8 Trading Places: Exchange, Identity, and the Commoditization of Cloth 267
- Conclusion. Why Women Wear Polleras 298
- Notes 305
- Bibliography 323
- Index 355
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps and Figures viii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction. False Borders, Embroidered Lives 1
- 1 Traveling 35
- 2 Fabricating Ethnic Frontiers: Identity in a Region at the Crossroads 78
- 3 Clothing the Body: Visual Domain and Cultural Process 103
- 4 Addressing History: Representation and the Embodiment of Memory 147
- 5 Dancing in Disguise: Transvestism and Festivals as Performance 185
- 6 Marching and Meaning: Ethnic Symbols and Gendered Demonstrations 215
- 7 Making Difference: Gender and Production in a Workshop System 241
- 8 Trading Places: Exchange, Identity, and the Commoditization of Cloth 267
- Conclusion. Why Women Wear Polleras 298
- Notes 305
- Bibliography 323
- Index 355
