Gender and Racialization within the Fine-Arts/Popular-Arts Dichotomy

The National Movement of Maya Weavers of Guatemala

Abstract

This article offers an approach to the problem of the racial division of labor among women, based on an analysis of the social, gender and racial stratification present in the Fine Arts/Traditional Arts dichotomy. It is a feminist reflection on the value given to women's cultural production based on racialization.

The issue is approached from the field of textile production: art, design and handcrafted textile practice, taking as an axis of study the theoretical and political work of the National Movement of Mayan Weavers of Guatemala to examine the relationship between racism and coloniality, as well as to expose the issue of cultural appropriation.