Mayan dress as text: contested meanings
dc.contributor.author | Macleod, Morna | * |
dc.contributor.editor | Eade, Deborah | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T09:54:40Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T09:54:40Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2004-08-01 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0961-4524 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0961452042000239823 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130644 | en |
dc.description | This article focuses on the importance, complexity and ambiguity of the symbolic terrain both in everyday life and in social struggle. Taking Mayan women's traditional dress or traje as a text, the author reflects upon the multiple and contested meanings this evokes, and argues that Mayan women are playing a role which has not received sufficient analysis or recognition within the Mayan movement's struggle for indigenous identity and rights. Opening with a brief theoretical overview, the article goes on to analyse the different meanings in dispute and how these are related to wider issues, and concludes with a reflection concerning the challenges facing inter-ethnic relations and the recognition of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. | en |
dc.format.extent | 9 | en |
dc.format.mimetype | en | |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/mayan-dress-as-text-contested-meanings-130644 | |
dc.subject | Approach and methodology | |
dc.title | Mayan dress as text: contested meanings | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9213 | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Development in Practice | en |
oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
oxfam.subject.country | Guatemala | en |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Development methods | |
prism.number | 5 | en |
prism.volume | 14 | en |