Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies (Routledge Indian Ocean Series)

Ruth Barnes (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0415297664 / ISBN 13: 9780415297660

Published by Routledge, 2004

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Summary:"This book concentrates on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions. Lavishly illustrated, it represents invaluable, and entirely new research." "Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects as they move between different cultures. It also addresses issues of gender, ethnic and religious identity, and economic status. The book covers a broad geographic range from East Africa to South-East Asia, and references a number of disciplines such as anthropology, art history and history."--Jacket
Contents:
Rome and India : early Indian cotton textiles from Berenike, Red Sea coast of Egypt / John Peter Wild and Felicity Wild
Far-flung fabrics
Indian textiles in ancient maritime trade / Himanshu Prabha Ray
'Portuguese' carpets from Khorasan, Persia / Steven Cohen
Textile as commodity, dress as text : Swahili kanga and women's statements / David Parkin
The kofia tradition of Zanzibar : the implicit and explicit discourses of men's head-dress in an Indian Ocean society / Zulfikar Hirji
Ze maneva aze : looking for patterns in Malagasy cloth / Sarah Fee
Cosmopolitan tastes and indigenous designs
virtual cloth in a Javanese candi / Mary-Louise Totton
Textiles of Jambi (Sumatra) and the Indian Ocean trade / Fiona Kerlogue
Moving between cultures : textiles as a source of innovation in Kedang, eastern Indonesia / Ruth Barnes
Notes:
Papers presented at a workshop held at St. Antony's College, Oxford in March 1999, the third in a series on "The Indian Ocean: trans-regional creation of societies and cultures.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies (Routledge Indian Ocean Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415297664
• ISBN 13: 9780415297660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.88W x 23.5H x 1.91D centimeters 15.88 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 1.91 centimeters depth
• Weight: 490 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Southeast Asia
  • Anthropology
  • India

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Synopsis

Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the move between different cultures. It also addresses issues of gender, ethnic and religious identity, and economic status. The book covers a broad geographic range from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and references a number of disciplines such as anthropology, art history and history.
This volume is timely, as both the social sciences and historical studies have developed a new interest in material culture. Edited by a foremost expert in the region, it will add considerably to our understanding of historical and current societies in the Indian Ocean region.

About the Author

Ruth Barnes works at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University. Her many previous publications include Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning in Cultural Contexts (co-editor); Indian Block Printed Cotton Fragments in the Kelsey Museum; Indian Block Printed Textiles in Egypt; and Weaving Patterns of Life.