| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Indian Ocean series ; [4]
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Indian Ocean series ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Textile fabrics -- Social aspects -- Indian Ocean Region -- Congresses.
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Textile fabrics -- Social aspects. |
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Indian Ocean Region. |
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Textile fabrics. |
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Textile fabrics -- Economic aspects -- Indian Ocean Region -- Congresses.
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Textile fabrics -- Economic aspects. |
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Textile design -- Indian Ocean Region -- Congresses.
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Textile design. |
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Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- Congresses.
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Commerce. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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e-book [online only] -- Taylor&Francis.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Barnes, Ruth, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Textiles in Indian Ocean societies. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005 0415297664 (DLC) 2004048224 (OCoLC)55018886 |
| ISBN |
9780203688045 (Adobe e-reader format) |
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020368804X (Adobe e-reader format) |
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9780203644256 (e-book) |
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0203644255 (e-book) |
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9780415297660 (print edition) |
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0415297664 (print edition) |
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