Gender and the Boundaries of Dress in Contemporary Peru

by Blenda Femenias and Blenda B. Femenias

Book Overview

Set in Arequipa during Peru's recent years of crisis, this ethnography reveals how dress creates gendered bodies. It explores why people wear clothes, why people make art, and why those things matter in a war-torn land. Blenda Femen as argues that women's clothes are key symbols of gender identity and resistance to racism.

Moving between metropolitan Arequipa and rural Caylloma Province, the central characters are the Quechua- and Spanish-speaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292702639
• ISBN13: 9780292702639
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"