Resumo

LOPEZ-LOPEZ, Silvia  e  ISUNZA-BIZUET, Alma. Handmade Fabric and Everyday Life: “The Body Orders.” Discourse on Work and Corporeity among Expert Artisans from San Juan Chamula. LiminaR [online]. 2019, vol.17, n.2, pp.131-147. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v17i2.680.

The article discusses the result of five ethnographic cases regarding an equal number of artisans from San Juan Chamula. The women related how, while learning to weave, their bodies and wills combined to allow them to become skilled in the art of weaving woolen garments for ceremonial use, even as they performed household chores and field work. From the women’s testimonials we were able to verify the existence of a close relationship with a local pedagogical ethno-theory developed by Margarita Martínez, which involves the areas of family interaction and corporeity. Biographical stories and family recollections describe the cultural value that this type of exclusive production has for the local population of the Highlands of Chiapas.

Palavras-chave : crafts; handicrafts education; textile arts; women; family; collective memory.