Research Catalog

Title

Crafts, capitalism, and women : the potters of La Chamba, Colombia / Ronald J. Duncan.

Author

Duncan, Ronald J., 1941-

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2000.

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Details

Description

xvi, 252 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Women, Black > Colombia > La Chamba > Economic conditions
• Indian women potters > Colombia > La Chamba > Economic conditions
• La Chamba (Colombia) > Social conditions
• Sex role > Colombia > La Chamba
• Pottery industry > Economic aspects > Colombia > La Chamba
• La Chamba (Colombia) > Economic conditions
• Mestizos > Colombia > La Chamba > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.

Contents

List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Foreword / Stephen Gudeman -- Preface -- Introduction and fieldwork -- Women, mestizo craft traditions, and capitalism -- Tolima : La Chamba's place in Colombia -- The community of La Chamba -- The history of La Chamba ceramics -- Women potters and female-focused family work -- Work organization for the home-based potter -- Provincial style : cooking pots and bowls -- Contemporary market styles : tableware and fine ceramics -- Figurative ceramics : art or commerce -- Clay and beehive kilns : indigenous technologies -- La Chamba women and craft capitalism -- Women workers : from indigenous craft to mestizo capitalism -- Glossary of ceramic terms -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 00-10952

ISBN

0813017742 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

00008954

OCLC

43894062

Author

Duncan, Ronald J., 1941-

Title

Crafts, capitalism, and women : the potters of La Chamba, Colombia / Ronald J. Duncan.

Imprint

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2000.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 00-10952