Global Trade and Cultural Authentication : The Kalabari of the Niger Delta /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Eicher, Joanne Bubolz (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Textile industry.
Kalabari (African people)
Clothing and dress.
HISTORY / Africa / North
Clothing and dress > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Textile industry > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Kalabari (African people) > Commerce > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Kalabari (African people) > Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Nigeria > Niger River Delta.
Electronic books.
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.

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