The Latin American fashion reader
By: edited by Regina A. Root.
Contributors: Root, Regina A.
Edition: English ed.
Series: Dress, body, culture
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Clothing and dress -- Latin America -- History; Fashion -- Latin America -- History; Latin America -- Social life and customs
Description: "This book is a long overdue assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. The authors examine the significance of textiles and dress to Latin American culture and the reasons behind it - from fashion history to popular culture and the (re)making of traditional garments, such as the poncho, the guayabera and maguey-fiber sandals. This book also considers fashion icons such as Frida Kahlo and Eva Peron, women who have been worshipped and transformed into marketable symbols of exoticism and passion, as well as the key role that dress played in their rise to celebrity on the international stage."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-336) and index.