Hendrickson, C: Weaving Identities Construction of Dress and Self in a Highland Guatemala Town

An exceptionally fine ethnography that focuses on the integral role that traje or Maya dress and cloth production plays in the lives of the people of TecpÁn, Guatemala.... offers rich insights into the power of traje: as decorative clothing reflecting both individual tastes and the collective power of the Maya community, who regard cloth as more than clothing. For them, traje is the memory of their proud past and an integral part of their future. (American Anthropologist)