Crafting Gender

Initiates a gender-based framework for analyzing Latin American and Caribbean folk art. From a feminist perspective, this title examines twentieth-century and contemporary art by women, and also its production, distribution, and consumption.

Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Eli Bartra 1 Always Something New: Changing Fashions in a "Traditional Culture" (Suriname) / Sally Price 17 The Emergence of the Santeras: Renewed Strength for Traditional Puerto Rican Art (Puerto Rico) / Norma Valle 35 Kuna Women's Art: Molas, Meaning, and Markets (Panama) / Mari Lyn Salvador 47 Connections: Creative Expressions of Canelos Quichua women (Ecuador) / Dorothea Scott Whitten 73 Engendering Clay: Las Ceramistas of Mata Ortiz (Mexico) / Eli Bartra 98 Women's Folk Art in La Chamba, Colombia (Colombia) / Ronald J. Duncan 126 The Mapuche Craftswomen (Argentina) / Dolores Juliano 155 Women's Prayers: The Aesthetics and Meaning of Female Votive Paintings in Chalma (Mexico) / Maria J. Rodriguez-Shadow 169 Earth Magic: The Legacy of Teodora Blanco (Mexico) / Betty LaDuke 197 Tastes, Colors, and Techniques in Embroidered Mayan Female Costumes (Mexico) / Lourdes Rejon Patron 220 Contributors 237 Index 241