Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings

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259 r e f e r e n c e s c i t e d INDEX CHAPTER THIRTEEN Agriculture: and Arrazola, 31, 32, 66–67, 69–70, 83; and bracero program, 26, 67, 160; and capitalism, 85; and Central Valleys of Oaxaca, 60–61, 63, 83; and ejidos, 64; and household economic strategies, 8, 81, 82, 83–84, 86, 87–88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 160, 164; and La Unión Tejalapan, 26, 35, 77–78, 83, 169–170; in San Martín Tilcajete, 46, 71, 73, 83, 160; and wood-carving boom, 45 Angeles, Jacobo, 152, 203 Annis, Sheldon, 84–85 Aragón, Antonio (elder), 37, 38, 68–69 Aragón, Antonio (younger), 36, 37, 38, 96, 130, 210–211, 214, 241 Aragón, Ariel, 37, 38 Aragón, Fidencio, 37, 38 Aragón, Leticia, 37, 38, 108 Aragón, Ramiro, 37–38 Aragón, Saúl: and Arrazola, xiv; and carving toolkits, 101; and copal, 95, 96; and dealers, 241; education of, 38, 69; and Kincaid, 37, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 220, 245, 246; and painting, 105; photograph of, 37; as shop owner, xiii, 36–37, 186 Aragón, Sergio, 37, 38, 96, 111, 135 ARIPO (Artesanías y Industrias del Estado de Oaxaca), 186, 197 note: Page numbers in italic type refer to illustrations. Arrazola: and agriculture, 31, 32, 66–67, 69–70, 83; and artisan organizations, 51–53; and Barbash/Ragan publications , 176, 177, 181, 182; and dealers, 41, 44, 79, 170, 189, 202, 241; and differences among carving communities, 44–47; and exhibitions, 55, 56; factorylike workshops in, 45, 53, 113, 115– 117, 119; general description of, 62, 66– 71; and household economic strategies, 82, 85, 86, 89, 242; and influence of wider world, 60; and Manuel Jiménez, 20, 21–22, 23, 25; and Oaxaca (city) shops, 186, 195; and Oaxaca (city) street sales, 199; and organization of labor , 45, 113, 115–117, 118; and prices, 137; prosperity of, 120, 123; and San Pedro Taviche, 50, 51; and signs and business cards, 58–59; and sociopolitical relations, 70–71; and success , 149, 150, 151, 173; and tourism, 44, 45, 52, 54, 56, 202–205; and U.S. shops, 208, 222; and wholesalers, 209, 212–213, 215, 218, 219, 238; and woodcarving boom, 37–40, 44, 45, 46, 69; as wood-carving community, xii, xiii–xiv, 2, 18, 23, 30–32, 35; and wood-carving production, 84, 95–98, 104; and woodcarving styles, 46, 129, 136, 144 c r a f t i n g t r a d i t i o n 260 Arreola, Alma, 36, 37 Arte y Tradición, 36–37, 186 Artisan families: in Arrazola, 45, 46, 86, 119; and Barbash/Ragan publications, 179, 181–182, 183; and capitalism, 118, 123; changes in lives of, xiv; and dealers , 41–44, 238; and hiring of piece workers, 110; household economic strategies of, 82–92; in La Unión Tejalapan, 47, 86, 239; and organization of labor, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 123; organizations of, 51–53, 156, 201; and prices, 138; and rural communities, 5– 6, 118; in San Martín Tilcajete, 46, 50, 86, 119; and signatures, 58; signs and business cards of, 46, 58–59; and success , 148; and wood-carving boom, xv, 37–40 Barbash, Shepard: and carving tools, 103; effect of publications on wood-carving trade, xiv, 51, 91, 139, 174, 175–183; on future prospects of wood-carving trade, 240; on global economy, 237; and marketing of Oaxacan wood carvings, 56, 174, 175, 178, 226; on migration, 101; and Reyes, 170; and sales, 49; on Miguel and José Santiago, 155; Smithsonian article, xiii, 177–183, 206; on wholesalers, 209; and wood-carving boom, 39 Bastulo, Nicodemus, 34–35, 50, 194–195 Betteridge, Fran, 210, 217–218 Blas family, 50, 173, 187, 189, 197, 212, 214 Boyd, Jerre, 87, 209, 210, 234 Cabrera Santos, Rene, 73, 74 Calvo, Francisca, 100 Calvo, Juana, 89, 90 Capitalism: and agriculture, 85; and Central Valleys of Oaxaca, 61; and factorylike workshops, 113, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123; and household economic strategies, 61–62, 93; and input/output calculations, 110–111; and international capital, 3–4; and marketing, 125; and post-Fordist systems, 6; and rural communities, 5 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 64, 67 Carrillo, Catarino, 38, 104, 108 Carter, Jimmy, 1, 53 Carver, Holly, 229–230 Casa Víctor, 143, 186, 192 Catalogs, 2, 42, 225–229, 238 Cedar, 95, 159, 162, 195 Central Valleys of Oaxaca: and...