Gender and the Boundaries of Dress in Contemporary Peru

[...]by wearing a pollera, women can claim the ability to represent their community and even gain access to the political sphere, which is still dominated by men. [...]male control of embroidery involves control over women; control over women's images and control over women's labor" (264). [...]because Femenias repeatedly refers to Peru as a "war-torn land," which it indeed was in the 19805 and 19905, where violence shaped the lives of the people she studied, it would have been helpful to provide even more details on how war-related violence directly affected the people with whom she worked and lived, how individuals reacted to this violence, and particularly how and if the pervasive violence affected women and men differently.