The silk weavers of Kyoto : family and work in a changing traditional industry /

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Readers can learn firsthand how weavers perceive their craft and how they interpret their lives and view the world around them. With rare immediacy, this text captures a way of life that is repidly disappearing.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hareven, Tamara K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Weavers > Japan > Kyoto.
Silk weaving > Japan > Kyoto.
Silk industry > Japan > Kyoto.
Work and family > Japan > Kyoto.
Tisserands > Japon > Kyōto.
Tissage de la soie > Japon > Kyōto.
Soie > Industrie > Japon > Kyōto.
Travail et familles > Japon > Kyōto.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Silk industry
Silk weaving
Weavers
Work and family
Zijdeïndustrie.
Wevers.
Familierelaties.
Nishijin (Kyoto, Japan)
Japan > Kyoto
Japan > Kyoto > Nishijin
Kyoto.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. From Amoskeag to Nishijin; 2. A World within a World; 3. Family Business, Cottage Industry; 4. Family Work in Household Production; 5. The Mentality and Identity of the Nishijin Craftspeople; Mr. Yamaguchi: Manufacturer and Creator of The Tale of Genji on Handwoven Scrolls; Mrs. Shibagaki: Artistic Handloom Weaver; Mrs. Fuwa: Artistic Handloom Weaver; Mrs. Fujiwara, Mr. Fujiwara, and Mr. Nishitani: Handloom Weavers; Mr. and Mrs. Konishi: Handloom Weavers; Mr. and Mrs. Shibagaki: Two Generations of Handloom Weavers.

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