Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean : An Ocean of Cloth

Machado, Pedro (EDT); Fee, Sarah (EDT); Campbell, Gwyn (EDT)

ISBN 10: 3319863630 / ISBN 13: 9783319863634

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean : An Ocean of Cloth
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319863630
• ISBN 13: 9783319863634
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites—from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to Ajanta, Srivijaya and Osaka. It moves beyond usual focuses on a single fibre (such as cotton) or place (such as India) to provide a fresh, expansive perspective of the ocean as an “interaction-based arena,” with an internal dynamism and historical coherence forged by material exchange and human relationships. Contributors map shifting social, cultural and commercial circuits to chart the many histories of cloth across the region. They also trace these histories up to the present with discussions of contemporary trade in Dubai, Zanzibar, and Eritrea. Richly illustrated, this collection brings together new and diverse strands in the long story of textiles in the Indian Ocean, past and present.

About the Author

Pedro Machado is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Sarah Fee is a Curator of Eastern Hemisphere Textiles and Fashion at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.

Gwyn Campbell is Professor of History and Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University, Canada.