Traditional weavers of Guatemala
Subtitle: their stories, their lives
By: Deborah Chandler and Teresa Cordón ; photography by Joe Coca
Contributors: Cordón, Teresa, author; Coca, Joe, photographer
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780983886075
Subjects: Weavers; Maya textile fabrics; Indian textile fabrics; Biography
Description: "Guatemala is a land of contrasts: stunning mountain, river, and cloud forest landscapes with the constant threat of volcanic eruptions, mudslides, earthquakes, and brutal upheavals. Against this backdrop, the indigenous Maya and their Ladino compatriots persist in creating some of the loveliest and most colorful textiles the world has known. Their weaving, spinning, and basketmaking have sustained them economically and culturally against the pressures of change and a thirty-six year armed conflict that decimated their population. In Traditional Weavers of Guatemala, twenty artisans share their personal histories, hopes, and dreams along with the products of their hands and looms"--Inside cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages 133-134) and index.
Table of contents: title: Guatemala : a land as colorful and varied as its weavings; title: Introduction; title: Cecilia Cirin Chacach; title: Hoagares Santa María de Guadalupe; title: Eugenia Tepaz López; title: Chimaltenango and the 1976 earthquake; title: Herminia Santos; title: Lola Sapalú; title: It's all about chocolate and color; title: Antonio Ramírez Sosóf; title: Emilia Chay Poz; title: Cortes : Maya women's skirts; title: Juan de Dios Rodas Gálvez; title: Jaspe : the steps involved; title: The dyehouse; title: Bacilia Tomasa Chanchavac; title: Salcajá : mecca for weavers; title: Demetrio Ramos; title: Marcelino Emilio Xiloj de Leon; title: The people of the corn; title: Ana Pu Ferpuac; title: Ana Ceto; title: Semana santa : holy week; title: Catarina Aguilar Cruz; title: María Raymundo; title: The k'ot : the two-headed eagle; title: Vicente Lainez Caba; title: Domingo Asicona; title: Amalia Güe; title: Some history of Samac, Cobán, Alta Verapaz; title: Susana López; title: Catarina Amperez Siana; title: Cotton : from peasant to king to peasant; title: Ana María Gonzalez Cirin.