Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Using a narrative approach, Jill Forshee takes readers into diverse lives, including those of villagers traveling to Bali and tourists visiting Sumba, and follows their adventures along various routes over time. Through personal stories of those involved in the contemporary production and trade of local cloth, a vivid account emerges of the inner workings of a so-called "traditional" society and its arts responding inventively to decades of international collecting. These stories expand anthropological concepts of the boundaries of regions and the certainties of cultures in ways that are tangible and immediate to the reader. Moreoever, the book illuminates some formerly unexplored conditions of artistic provenance."--Jacket.
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Title
Between the folds.
International Standard Book Number
082482346X
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)-- Clothing.
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)-- Commerce.
Textile design-- Indonesia-- Sumba Island.
Textile fabrics, Sumbanese.
Textile industry-- Indonesia-- Sumba Island.
Culturele antropologie.
Ikat.
Indigo.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
Sumbanese (Indonesian people)
Textile design.
Textile fabrics, Sumbanese.
Textile industry.
Weven.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sumba Island (Indonesia), Social life and customs.