Crafting Memories in the Mantaro Valley of Peru - Performance and Visual Representation in Craftswomen's Souvenir Production

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorTotten, Kelley D., 1976-
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-08T23:24:22Z
dc.date.available2010-01-08T23:24:22Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.descriptionxiv, 98 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Mantaro Valley of Peru is known for its distinctive Andean villages whose residents specialize in a traditional craft that defines the community's identity: gourd carvers call Cochas Grande home; tapestry weavers reside in Hualhuas; and silversmiths forge traditional designs in San Jeronimo. As tourism to the region develops, travelers purchase these handicrafts as souvenirs to represent and remember a visit to Peru. John Urry suggests that tourists "gaze" on locals, causing them to reconstruct themselves in terms of the tourists' ideas of authenticity. Based on my fieldwork in the Mantaro Valley, I complicate Urry's argument by presenting a multifaceted approach analyzing the complex ways in which these women communicate their individual, familial, regional and national identities through the objects they create. I incorporate visual rhetoric and material behavior theories to suggest alternative ways-of-looking within tourism interactions that consider the relationships between the craftswomen, intermediaries and tourists.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommittee in Charge: Dr. Lisa Gilman, Folklore; Dr. Julianne Newton, Journalism and Communication; Dr. Carol Silverman, Anthropologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/10081
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Individualized Program, M.A., 2009;
dc.subjectHandicraft -- Peru -- Mantaro River Valley
dc.titleCrafting Memories in the Mantaro Valley of Peru - Performance and Visual Representation in Craftswomen's Souvenir Productionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Totten_Kelley_D_ma2009su.pdf
Size:
1.98 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
thesis
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.21 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Name:
Totten_Kelley_Dianne.pdf
Size:
31.63 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
author's permission
Download

Collections

Theses and Dissertations
Interdisciplinary Studies: Individualized Program Theses and Dissertations