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Weaving Generations Together: Evolving Creativity in the Maya of Chiapas

by Patricia Marks Greenfield, Lauren Greenfield (Photographer)



For centuries, the Zinacantec Maya women of Mexico have woven and embroidered textiles that express their social and aesthetic values and embody their role as mothers and daughters. Boasting more than two hundred striking and detailed photographs of Zinacantec textiles and their makers, this innovative study provides a rare long-term examination of the cognitive and socialization processes involved in transmitting weaving knowledge across two generations. Author Patricia Marks Greenfield first visited the village of Nabenchauk in 1969 and 1970. Her return in 1991 and regular visits through 2003 enable her to combine a scholarly study of the impact of commercialization and globalization on textile production and sales, acculturation, and female socialization with poignant personal reflections on mother-daughter relationships, creativity, and collaboration.

https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Generations-Together-Evolving-Creativity/dp/0692820167/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=patricia+greenfield&qid=1626369987&s=books&sr=1-1