dec 28, 1899 - As the nineteenth century ended, patterns emerged in the Otavalo region: - Otavalos as a distinct group; - wasipungu & other forms of exploitative farming relations; - production spinning & weaving, usually in the context of forced labor or debt servitude; - the export of Otavalo textiles throughout the northern Andes; - increased workload for women & ruptures in traditional land inheritance patterns; - conflation of class with social and legal constructions of race; - the simultaneous depiction of O

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As the nineteenth century ended, patterns emerged in the Otavalo region:
- the formation of Otavalos as a distinct group identified primarily by residence, dress, and to a lesser extent language;
-wasipungu and other forms of exploitative farming relations;
- production spinning and weaving, usually in the context of forced labor or debt servitude;
- the export of Otavalo textiles throughout the northern Andes;
- a greatly increased workload for women and ruptures in traditional land inheritance patterns;
- conflation of class with social and legal constructions of race, with indígenas and African-Ecuadorians at the bottom;
- and the simultaneous depiction of Otavalos as the best of a bad lot.
Ch 2
Meisch, Lynn A.. Andean Entrepreneurs : Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena, University of
Texas Press, 2002.

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