Textiles and liturgical uses in the Spanish-American colonial Church: Review of the book Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520-1820 by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi

The pre-colonial Andean peoples were mainly weavers. This has been pointed out by scholars such as L. Lumbreras (1988), J. Murra (2002) and F. Stastny (1981), who have also explained the importance of the textile practice and the roles assigned to the textile object in ancient Peru, the which, in ad...

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Autor: Solórzano Gonzales, Mónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/1328
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/1328
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:reseña
textiles
usos litúrgicos
periodo virreinal
book review
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Sumario:The pre-colonial Andean peoples were mainly weavers. This has been pointed out by scholars such as L. Lumbreras (1988), J. Murra (2002) and F. Stastny (1981), who have also explained the importance of the textile practice and the roles assigned to the textile object in ancient Peru, the which, in addition to being used as clothing, became a sign and symbol of identity and social status, an offering in festive and funeral rituals and in sacrifices to the deities, and a valuable tribute to the Inca State. With the Hispanic occupation and the consequent cultural confrontation, transcendental changes would occur, however, some elements of the ancestral Andean fabric would survive.