Tallando una tradición : el trabajo y el comercio de alebrijes y otras tallas en madera de Oaxaca /

Tallando una tradición : el trabajo y el comercio de alebrijes y otras tallas en madera de Oaxaca /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chibnik, Michael, 1946- author.
Uniform title:	Crafting tradition. Spanish
Edition:	Primera edición en espan
Imprint:	Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, México : 1450 Ediciones S.A., [2017]. ©2017.
Description:	349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language:	Spanish
Series:	Serie: Investigación ; 13 Serie investigación (Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico) ; no. 13.
Subject:	Indian wood-carving -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley. Indian business enterprises -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley. Culture and tourism -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley. Folk art -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley. Marketing -- Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley. Culture and tourism. Economic history. Folk art. Indian business enterprises. Indian wood-carving. Marketing. Social conditions. Oaxaca Valley (Mexico) -- Social conditions. Oaxaca Valley (Mexico) -- Economic conditions. Mexico -- Oaxaca Valley.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11666477

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ISBN:	9786079705787 6079705788
Notes:	Translation: Consuelo Guayara (2003 edition), Nallely Cruz y Jorge Hernández-Díaz (chapter 12). Translation includes additional chapter not included in the original English publication. Contains photos. Bibliography: pages 337-349. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Since the Mid-1980s, whimsical, brightly colored wood carvings from the Mexican state of Oaxaca have found their way into gift shops and private homes across the United States and Europe, as Western consumers seek to connect with the authenticity and tradition represented by indigenous folk arts. Ironically, however, the Oaxacan wood carvings are not a traditional folk art. Invented in the mid-twentieth century by non-Indian Mexican artisans for the tourist market, their appeal flows as much from intercultural miscommunication as from their intrinsic artistic merit. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michael Chibnik offers the first in-depth look at the international trade in Oaxacan wood carvings, including their history, production, marketing, and cultural representations. Drawing on interviews he conducted in the carving communities and among wholesalers, retailers, and consumers, he follows the entire production and consumption cycle, from the harvesting of copal wood to the final purchase of the finished piece. Along the way, he describes how and why this 'invented tradition' has been promoted as a "Zapotec Indian" craft and explores its similarities with other local crafts with longer histories. He also fully discusses the effects on local communities of participating in the global market, concluding that the trade in Oaxacan wood carvings is an almost paradigmatic case study of globalization"--Original publisher's website.

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