Weaving Histories

Weaving Histories
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0197266738
ISBN-13 : 9780197266731
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Weaving Histories by : Karuna Dietrich Wielenga

Weaving Histories looks at the economic history of South Asia from a fresh perspective, through a detailed study of the handloom industry in colonial South India between 1800 and 1960 and its wider implications for the Indian economy. It employs an unusual array of sources, including paintings and textile samples as well as archival records, to excavate the links between cotton growing, spinning and weaving before the nineteenth century. The rupture of these connections produced a sea-change in the lives of ordinary weavers. New technologies reshaped production systems, and markets for cotton and cloth were transformed under the pressure of global trade. Weaving Histories uncovers these global connections and their human impact, especially on makers of coarse cloth and women workers. After the First World War, the handloom industry became a key battleground for struggles over workers' rights, and this emerging regulatory framework, in turn, exerted a strong influence on the economic trajectory of India after independence. This book examines the transformation of production systems, working conditions and state policies towards workers and owners, ending with a brief consideration of their long-term effects after 1947, when India became independent.

Navaho Weaving

Navaho Weaving
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9780486144801
ISBN-13 : 0486144801
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Navaho Weaving by : Charles Avery Amsden

First in-depth study of the technical aspects of Navaho weaving, plus history of the loom and its prototypes in the prehistoric Southwest, analysis and description of weaves, dyes, and more. Over 230 illustrations.

Weaving the Boundary

Weaving the Boundary
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 9780816532575
ISBN-13 : 0816532575
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Weaving the Boundary by : Karenne Wood

The Weaving -- Past Silence -- Part IV. The Naming -- The Naming -- Acknowledgments -- Notes

Weaving the Past

Weaving the Past
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780195123814
ISBN-13 : 0195123816
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Weaving the Past by : Susan Kellogg

Weaving the Past is the first comprehensive history of Latin America's indigenous women. While concentrating mainly on native women in Mesoamerica and the Andes, it also covers indigenous peoples in a variety of areas of South and Central America. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, it argues that change, not continuity, has been the norm for indigenous peoples whose resilience in the face of complex and long-term patterns of cultural change is due in no small part to the roles, actions, and agency of women.

On Weaving

On Weaving
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 0486431924
ISBN-13 : 9780486431925
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis On Weaving by : Anni Albers

This survey of textile fundamentals and methods, written by the foremost textile artist of the 20th century, covers hand weaving and the loom, fundamental construction and draft notation, modified and composite weaves, early techniques of thread interlacing, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, and design. 9 color illustrations. 112 black-and-white plates.

Story Weaving

Story Weaving
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Publisher : Chalice Press
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 0827234236
ISBN-13 : 9780827234239
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Story Weaving by : Peter M. Morgan

Morgan shows how to use storytelling as a tool to evoke experiences and sustain community in the congregation.

Weaving New Worlds

Weaving New Worlds
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 446
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015041087779
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Weaving New Worlds by : Sarah H. Hill

In this innovative study, Sarah Hill illuminates the history of Southeastern Cherokee women by examining changes in their basketry. She explores how the incorporation of each new material used in their craft occurred in the context of lived experience, ecological processes, social conditions, economic circumstances, and historical eras. 110 illustrations. 6 maps.

Spider Woman's Children

Spider Woman's Children
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Publisher : Thrums Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 099905175X
ISBN-13 : 9780999051757
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Spider Woman's Children by : Barbara Teller Ornelas

Navajo rugs set the gold standard for handwoven textiles in the U.S. But what about the people who create these treasures? Spider Woman's Children is the inside story, told by two women who are both deeply embedded in their own culture and considered among the very most skillful and artistic of Navajo weavers today. Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are fifth-generation weavers who grew up at the fabled Two Grey Hills trading post. Their family and clan connections give them rare insight, as this volume takes readers into traditional hogans, remote trading posts, reservation housing neighborhoods, and urban apartments to meet weavers who follow the paths of their ancestors, who innovate with new designs and techniques, and who uphold time-honored standards of excellence. Throughout the text are beautifully depicted examples of the finest, most mindful weaving this rich tradition has to offer.

A History Of Textiles

A History Of Textiles
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 438
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ISBN-10 : 9780429716195
ISBN-13 : 0429716192
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis A History Of Textiles by : Kax Wilson

Originally published in 1979, this volume acts as a reference for the history textiles. It asks questions on the effect of technology on textiles, how did particular historical periods and locations expand or limit the possibilities for the manufacture of fabrics and how the textile history related to politics and economics, sociology and psychology, art and engineering, anthropology and archaeology, chemistry and physics. Addressing these questions, the author surveys the development of the technical components of fabrics and discusses the textiles of selected places and times. She uses prose, drawings and more than 130 photographs to show how each era of textile production reflects its age. This book is designed to serve as a college text and as a reference work for museum researchers. With sections including illustrations and diagrams; key terminology; spinning wool; spinning and raw materials; single ply and cord and fabric construction.

Weaving Modernism

Weaving Modernism
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780300232592
ISBN-13 : 0300232594
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Weaving Modernism by : K. L. H. Wells

An unprecedented study that reveals tapestry's role as a modernist medium and a model for the movement's discourse on both sides of the Atlantic in the decades following World War II