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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b12781065.
- catalog coverage "Indian Ocean Region Commerce Congresses.".
- catalog created "2005.".
- catalog date "2005".
- catalog date "2005.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2005.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-180) and index.".
- catalog description "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 mañeva 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.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 198 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415297664 (cloth)".
- catalog isPartOf "Curzon Indian Ocean series.".
- catalog isPartOf "RoutledgeCurzon Indian Ocean series".
- catalog issued "2005".
- catalog issued "2005.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon,".
- catalog spatial "Indian Ocean Region Commerce Congresses.".
- catalog spatial "Indian Ocean Region".
- catalog subject "381/.4567702864/091824 22".
- catalog subject "NK8889.83.A1 T48 2005".
- catalog subject "Textile design Indian Ocean Region Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Textile fabrics Economic aspects Indian Ocean Region Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Textile fabrics Social aspects Indian Ocean Region Congresses.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 mañeva 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.".
- catalog title "Textiles in Indian Ocean societies / edited by Ruth Barnes.".
- catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
- catalog type "text".