| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Through the pages of this incredibly-researched history and photo gallery, the world of the Maya lives on through the lens of its culture and costume, still seen today in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. In a region battered by centuries of invasions, subjugations, civil wars, and severe economic hardship, the Maya continue to celebrate and sustain their heritage in extraordinary traditional dress and festivals that are both riotous and sacred. Their ever-evolving, colorful, beautifully-handcrafted dress features exquisite gauze fabrics that trace their origins from the 9th century AD to a present-day lowland village; festival wear that blends Roman Catholicism and paganism, reverence and mockery; gloriously brocaded and embroidered wardrobes that tie communities together; and embroidery techniques that reflect displacements and migrationsin other words, fabrics that trace the history and evolution of a people. Two Maya experts and a photographer painstakingly record the remnants of influence from the Aztecs, Spanish conquistadors, Catholic missionaries, and the unseen gods and spirits that guide Maya culture today. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.
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Hand weaving -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
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Maya textile fabrics -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, Janet, illustrator.
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Karasik, Carol, author.
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| Other Form: |
version: Morris, Walter F. Maya threads. Loveland Colorado : Thrums LLC, [2015] 0983886067 (DLC)2014952088 |
| Standard No. |
9780996447553 |
| ISBN |
9780996447553 (e-pub) |
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