Woven Stories
Subtitle: Andean Textiles and Rituals
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: February 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780826329349
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Textile arts; Quechua weavers; Pacchanta; Crafts / Hobbies; Art; Andes; Quechua women; Weaving; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Design - Textile & Costume; Peru; Quechua textile fabrics; Rites and ceremonies
Description: "The core of this book is an ethnographic account of the textiles and their place in daily life that considers how the form and content of Quechua patterns and designs convey stories and preserve traditions as well as how the ritual uses of textiles sustain a sense of community and a connection to the past.

Heckman concludes by assessing the influences of the global economy on indigenous Quechua, who maintain their own worldview within the larger fabric of twentieth-century cultural values and hence have survived everything from Latin American militarism to a tidal wave of post-modern change."--BOOK JACKET.