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Thirteen essays by art historians, historians, and anthropologists who probe the social and political significance of cloth in both small- scale and industrial societies. Covers a wide variety of cultures and eras, discussing production and trade, economics, and symbolic and spiritual associations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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“A book with an overwhelming scope . . . The editors march us across six continents, several archipelagos and a few oceans, and through a wide variety of times and political systems, all the while pondering cloth. And the variation among the essays in this volume, by art historians, historians, and anthropologists, is striking. . . . The editors point out that cloth is a metaphor for the connectedness of society and that it has always been politically, socially, and cosmologically important.”—New York Times Book Review
“The 13 essays in this volume . . .explore the social and political significance of cloth in small-scale and industrial societies. The book has both a materialist and a symbolic focus: the contributors discuss cloth's production and trade as well as its value as a sacred and revered heirloom. There are chapters on indigo dyeing and its relation to gender symbolism in Indonesia, cloth and its function in the Inka state in Peru, folklore and linen manufacturing in early modern Europe, and the role of fabric in the struggle for independence in India, to name just a few.”—American Craft
“The 13 essays in this volume . . .explore the social and political significance of cloth in small-scale and industrial societies. The book has both a materialist and a symbolic focus: the contributors discuss cloth's production and trade as well as its value as a sacred and revered heirloom. There are chapters on indigo dyeing and its relation to gender symbolism in Indonesia, cloth and its function in the Inka state in Peru, folklore and linen manufacturing in early modern Europe, and the role of fabric in the struggle for independence in India, to name just a few.”—American Craft
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Not for fiber fans, Nov 4 2006
By Laura Jefferson "Rhyolight" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cloth & Human Experience Pb (Paperback)
This is a fine volume of dense anthropological articles. If the reader is hoping for something along the lines of the excellent Elizabeth Wayland Barber's works, they should look elsewhere. I don't know how it rates as anthropology, but the topics are much, much narrower than 'human experience,' confined to examination of particular ethnic and cultural custom in which cloth (widely defined) is involved.
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Contents, Dec 29 2009
By 2crazy4books2 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cloth and Human Experience (Hardcover)
Cloth and Human Experienceedited by annette weiner & jane schneider
1989
431 pages (12 papers presented at a 1983 Werner-Gren Foundation conference dealing with the importance and significance of cloth in societies. includes madagascar, zaire, europe, mexico, kodi, Africa, Indonesia, India, Japan, Mexico and Inka and more. 27 photographs. specific themes that reveal the properties of cloth that underlie its social and political contributions within broad historical time periods
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Excellent for general interest and teaching, Mar 30 2008
By TZ "Armchair Critic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cloth & Human Experience Pb (Paperback)
The essays in this book are fascinating and demonstrate compelling links that fabrics play in larger cultural realms. A few of the essays in this collection have been required reading for my undergraduate (and even high school) Fibers and Weaving classes for years.
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