Global trade and cultural authentication : the Kalabari of the Niger Delta /
"Global Trade and Cultural Authentication, edited by Joanne Eicher, showcases the complexity and enduring aesthetic and ingenuity of Kalabari artisans. The Kalabari people, most of whom make their homes in the eastern Niger Delta region of western Africa, are renowned for the artistry in workin...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2022]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Cultural authentication and textiles
- 1. Dress, textiles, and the Kalabari material world
- 2. Kalabari cut-thread and pulled-thread cloth
- 3. Cut-thread cloth characteristics
- 4. "Our Great Mother . . . tied this cloth" : pelete bite cloth women, and Kalabari identity
- 5. The economics of making pelete bite
- 6. Indian Madras plaids as Real India
- 7. Ecological systems theory and the significance of imported Madras cloth
- 8. India and West Africa : transformation of velvets
- 9. Designed for wrapping : changes in Indian embroidered velvets produced for the Kalabari
- II. Kalabari dress
- 10. Male and female artistry
- 11. The stages of traditional womanhood
- 12. Dress and gender in women's societies
- 13. The aesthetics of men's dress
- 14. Dress as a symbol of identity of Sir (Chief) O. K. Isokariari
- 15. Beaded and bedecked
- 16. Coral use and meaning
- 17. Headwear
- III. Kalabari rituals
- 18. Celebration and display
- 19. Fitting farewells
- 20. Centenary and masquerade rituals
- 21. Kalabari rituals and dress as multisensory experiences
- IV. The Kalabari diaspora
- 22. The Kalabari diaspora in the twenty-first century.