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Hardback - Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion Vol 2: Latin America and the Caribbean - 9781847883919 - V9781847883919
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Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion Vol 2: Latin America and the Caribbean

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Description for Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion Vol 2: Latin America and the Caribbean Hardback.
Covering an area of spectacularly diverse topography and climate, from arid Mexican deserts to tropical islands and from Amazonian rainforests to the high Andes, this volume explores the dress traditions of the many peoples inhabiting Latin America and the Caribbean. The style and glamour of Latin American cultural icons such as Eva Perón, Frida Kahlo, and Carmen Miranda have long fascinated the world, and Caribbean carnival is internationally renowned. But this region also has an extraordinarily rich legacy dating back to ancient cultures, such as the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya, as well ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847883919
SKU
V9781847883919
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Hardback
EDITOR: Margot Blum Schevill is a textile and folk art consultant, and author or co-author of a wide range of books including Maya Textiles of Guatemala and The Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes. CONSULTING EDITORS: Blenda Femenías is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at George Washington University. She is the author of ... Read more

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