LYNN A. MEISCH is Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Mary's College of California, Moraga. She has known Otavalo as "a traveler, independent scholar, tour guide, development worker and teacher of textile techniques, leader of study abroad programs, textile collector for museum exhibitions, anthropologist, and godmother to eighteen children from both indigenous and white-mestizo families of varying social and economic classes."

Introduction Globalization and Otavalo Life
1

How the Otavalos Became Otavalos
20

Textiles and Tourism Move to the Fore
39

In Search of the Noble Savage Tourism and Travel to Otavalo
81

Otavalo Music at Home and Abroad
117

Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
154

Otavalo Wealth and Changing Social Relations
200

Coping with Globalization
227

REFERENCES
269

INDEX
307

Introduction Globalization and Otavalo Life
1

How the Otavalos Became Otavalos
20

Textiles and Tourism Move to the Fore
39

In Search of the Noble Savage Tourism and Travel to Otavalo
81

Otavalo Music at Home and Abroad
117

Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
154

Otavalo Wealth and Changing Social Relations
200

Coping with Globalization
227

REFERENCES
269

INDEX
307