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Taking a new approach to traditional Andean art that links prehistory with the present, this book illustrates the ongoing legacy of the past in contemporary art and the importance of art not only as a way of expressing religious ideas rooted in nature, but also as a means of resisting discrimination and oppression

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Themes
  • Chapter 1. Pre-Columbian Andeans
  • Chapter 2. Andean Thinking
• Part II. Variations
  • Chapter 3. The Spanish Colonial Period
  • Chapter 4. Globalization Today
• Part III. Andean Arts Today
  • Chapter 5. The Scissors Dance (Danza de las Tijeras)
  • Chapter 6. Home Altars (Retablos)
    
  • Chapter 7. Carved Gourds (Mates)
    
  • Chapter 8. Ceramics (Cerámica)
    
  • Chapter 9. Painted Boards (Tablas de Sarhua)
    
  • Chapter 10. Weavings (Textiles)
    
  • Chapter 11. Tinware (Hojalatería) and Huamanga Stone Carving (Piedra de Huamanga)
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
  

About the Author

Mary Strong is a visual anthropologist, writer, and illustrator who has collaborated with painters and craftspeople in Latin America and the United States. She served on the Board of Directors and was president of the Society for Visual Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association. She also coedited and contributed to the book Viewpoints: Visual Anthropologists at Work; guest-edited and contributed to two special issues of the journal Visual Anthropology; and was ethnographer for the award-winning film compilation Arts in Ayacucho.