{"product_id":"a-companion-to-textile-culture-hardback-9781118768907","title":"A Companion to Textile Culture (Hardback) 9781118768907","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Textile Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer Harris (Edited by), J Harris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118768907, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 August 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages\u003cbr\u003e1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively and innovative collection of new and recent writings on the cultural contexts of textiles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study of textile culture is a dynamic field of scholarship which spans disciplines and crosses traditional academic boundaries. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Textile Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an expertly curated compendium of new scholarship on both the historical and contemporary cultural dimensions of textiles, bringing together the work of an interdisciplinary team of recognized experts in the field. The Companion provides an expansive examination of textiles within the broader area of visual and material culture, and addresses key issues central to the contemporary study of the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the subject are explored—technological, anthropological, philosophical, and psychoanalytical, amongst others—and developments that have influenced academic writing about textiles over the past decade are discussed in detail. Uniquely, the text embraces archaeological textiles from the first millennium AD as well as contemporary art and performance work that is still ongoing. This authoritative volume:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a balanced presentation of writings from academics, artists, and curators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents writings from disciplines including histories of art and design, world history, anthropology, archaeology, and literary studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers an exceptionally broad chronological and geographical range\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides diverse global, transnational, and narrative perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncluded numerous images throughout the text to illustrate key concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Textile Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, instructors, and researchers of textile history, contemporary textiles, art and design, visual and material culture, textile crafts, and museology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Histories and Frameworks 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Unraveling the Fabric of the Past: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Archaeological Textiles 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargarita Gleba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Textile Cultures in the Early Modern World 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert S. DuPlessis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rewriting Textile Culture with Woven Words: “Oro es tu hilar” by Chilean Poet Cecilia Vicuña 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeredith G. Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Branding Tradition: The Commercialization of Hand Embroidery in Gujarat 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEiluned Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “The Real Thing”: How Object Analysis Unlocks Meaning and Enriches Documentary Evidence 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrienne D. Hood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Textiles, Trade, and Global Culture 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Reading Textiles: Transmission and Technology of Silk Road Textiles in the First Millennium 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela Sheng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 West Africa: Technology, Tradition, and Lurex Revisited 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Picton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Textiles of Eastern and Southern Africa 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Remaking Tradition in Art and Design in Pakistan 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaazish Ata‐Ullah, Zeb Bilal and Shehnaz Ismail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Social Fabric: The Politics and Poetics of Cloth 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Fabricating Identity: Textiles in the Pacific 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Sharrad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Stitching (in) Trauma: Constructing Identity in Thread Behind Prison Bars 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaureen Daly Goggin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Creative Tensions: Making (It), Unmaking, and Making Do in Textiles Informed by Feminism 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandra Kokoli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Spinning a Yarn of One’s Own 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine Checinska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Pictures and Polemics: Muslim Veiling Practices in Contemporary Art 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValerie Behiery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Subversive Stitch Revisited 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Vinebaum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Conceptual Boundaries 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Modernism’s Roots in the Domestic, Decorative, and Vernacular Through Textiles 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirginia Gardner Troy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Material Strategies: Cloth and Textile Metaphors in Modern and Contemporary Art 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Pragmatics of Attachment and Detachment: A Constellatory Reinscription of Textile 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaxine Bristow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Japanese Textile Culture: The Example of Junichi Arai and Five Other Creators 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkiko Moriyama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Stories of Innovation: Fabrication in Africa and Beyond 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtta Kwami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Reception and Representation 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Around the World in 80 Biennials: Curating Lausanne, Hangzhou, Kaunas 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanis Jefferies and Lee Weinberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Indigenous Textiles of North America: A Century of Exhibitions 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Kalbfleisch and Janet Catherine Berlo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Valorizing Gee’s Bend Quilts: Affinity, Adjacency, and the Modern Eye 435\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarin E. 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