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Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies
About this book
Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the 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 Southeast Asia, and references a number of disciplines such as anthropology, art history and history.
This volume is timely, as both the social sciences and historical studies have developed a new interest in material culture. Edited by a foremost expert in the region, it will add considerably to our understanding of historical and current societies in the Indian Ocean region.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Rome and India: Early Indian Cotton Textiles from Berenike, Red Sea Coast of Egypt
- 2. Far-Flung Fabrics – Indian Textiles In Ancient Maritime Trade
- 3. ‘Portuguese’ Carpets from Khorasan, Persia
- 4. Textile As Commodity, Dress As Text Swahili Kanga and Women’s Statements
- 5. The Kofia Tradition of Zanzibar: The Implicit and Explicit Discourses of Men’s Head-Dress In an Indian Ocean Society
- 6. Ze Mañeva Aze: Looking for Patterns In Malagasy Cloth
- 7. Cosmopolitan Tastes and Indigenous Designs – Virtual Cloth In a Javanese Candi
- 8. Textiles of Jambi (Sumatra) and the Indian Ocean Trade
- 9. Moving Between Cultures: Textiles As a Source of Innovation In Kedang, Eastern Indonesia
- Bibliography