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Author:   Hope MacLean
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.653kg
ISBN:  

9780292728769

ISBN 10:   029272876
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Foreword by Peter T. Furst Acknowledgments 1. The Path to the Sierra Madre 2. Wixárika: Children of the Ancestor Gods 3. Kakauyari: The Gods and the Land Are Alive 4. Gifts for the Gods 5. Sacred Yarn Paintings 6. Commercialization of the Nierika 7. Footprints of the Founders 8. Making Yarn Paintings 9. The Colors Speak 10. Sacred Colors and Shamanic Vision 11. The Artist as Visionary 12. The ""Deified Heart"": Huichol Soul Concepts and Shamanic Art 13. Arte Mágico: Magical Power in Yarn Paintings 14. Shamanic Art, Global Market 15. The Influence of the Market 16. Ancient Aesthetics, Modern Images Notes Glossary of Huichol and Spanish Terms Bibliography Index"

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Hope Maclean teaches at the University of Ottawa. She has done ongoing fieldwork with Huichol artists and shamans since her first meeting with Guadalupe de la Cruz Ríos in 1988. She curated an exhibition of Huichol art at the Mississippi Textile Museum, and is the author of Yarn Paintings of the Huichol.

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