Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Table of contents

• Front matter
  • Map
  • Contributors
  • Encyclopedia Preface
  • Preface to Latin America and the Caribbean
• Part 1: Overview of Dress and Fashion in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Introductory Note to Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Regional Dress of Latin America in a European Context
  • Film and Fashion
• Part 2: Mexico
  • Overview of Mexico
  • Ancient Maya
  • Mixtec Dress
  • Mixtec Hairstyles
  • Mexican Headwear
  • The China Poblana
  • Used Clothing
  • Maya Dress and Fashion in Chiapas
  • Zinacantán Indigenous Fashion
  • Zapotec Clothing in Oaxaca
  • Mazahua Dress
  • The Yucatán
  • Contemporary Veracruz Textiles
  • Folklore Influences in Mexico and Panama
  • Sna Jolobil: A Textile Cooperative
  • Dress in Mexican Cinema
• Part 3: Central America
  • Overview of Central America
  • Belize
  • Maya Dress and Fashion in Guatemala
  • Southern Maya Dress of Southwestern Guatemala
  • Modern Maya Children’s Dress
  • The Maya of Tecpán, Guatemala
  • Clothing and Identities in the Eyes of Women Comalapan Painters of Guatemala
  • Spanish Influences in Maya Clothing of Guatemala
  • The Huipil of Guatemala
  • Morrales in Guatemala
  • Women’s Hair Sashes of Mesoamerica
  • Dress of Eastern Guatemala
  • Maya Traditions: A Weaving Cooperative
  • The Mola Blouses of the Kuna from Panama
  • National Dress of Panama: La Pollera
  • Central American Headwear
• Part 4: The Caribbean
  • Overview of the Caribbean
  • Vodou Ritual Garments in Haiti
  • Creolized Costumes for Rara, Haiti
  • Jamaica in the Nineteenth Century to the Present
  • Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico
  • Trinidad in the Nineteenth Century
  • Cuba
  • Caribbean Headwear
• Part 5: South America
  • Overview of South America
  • History of Dress in Venezuela
  • Pre-Hispanic Dress in Colombia and Ecuador
  • National Brand of Colombia
  • Contemporary Ecuador
  • The Shuar and Achuar of Ecuador and Peru
  • Pre-Hispanic Northern Peru
  • The Nasca on the South Coast of Peru
  • Southern Highland Peru
  • Choquecancha, Peru
  • The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cuzco, Peru
  • Textile Arts of Taquile Island, Peru
  • The Peruvian Connection: A Retail Company
  • Ancient Attire of the Southern Andes
  • Aymara Women’s Dress of La Paz, Bolivia
  • Cloth of the Sakaka of Bolivia
  • Evo Morales and the Politics of Dress in Bolivia
  • Nineteenth-Century Afro-Brazilian Women’s Dress
  • Cloth and African Identity in Bahia, Brazil
  • Dress, Body, and Culture in Brazil
  • History of Dress in the Southern Cone
  • Dress and Fashion in Argentina
  • Textile Arts of the Mapuche of Chile
  • Military Fashion and Coup d’Etat in Chile
  • Textile Art Production in Paraguay
  • Manos de Uruguay: A Cooperative Umbrella
  • Raíz Diseño—A Nongovernmental Organization
  • South American Headwear
• Online Exclusives
  • Tango Dress
  • Brazilian Women’s Lycra Clothing
  • Nineteenth-Century Afro-Brazilian Men’s Dress
  • Ancient Peruvian Gold and Silver Jewelry: Fashion and Religion
  • Costa Rica
  • Dress of the Virgin of the Rosary in Eighteenth-century Peru
  • Carnaval Costume in Brazil
  • Brazilian Fashion Designers
  • Gaucho Dress
  • Barbadian Culture and Dress
  • Archangels of the Andes
  • Jamaican Lacebark: A Form of Natural Lace and a Marvel of Nature