Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador

by Ann P. Rowe and Laura M. Miller

Book Overview

In most parts of highland Ecuador, people still identify themselves as indigenous and as belonging to a particular ethnic subgroup by the clothes and ornaments they wear. Although formerly the most distinctive costumes tended to occur among the more isolated and independent groups, today their use has more to do with the degree of political or ethnic consciousness felt by each group. Some people are even wearing ethnic dress as a political statement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295977426
• ISBN13: 9780295977423
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher