In this Book
- Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba
- Book
- 2000
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
Textiles have long been integral to the social life and cosmology of the people of East Sumba, Indonesia. In recent decades, Sumbanese have entered a larger world economy as their textiles have joined the commodity flow of an international “ethnic arts” market stimulated by Indonesia’s tourist trade. Through the individual stories of those involved in the contemporary production and trade of local cloth—including animists, Christians, and Moslems; Sumbanese, Indonesian Chinese, and Westerners; inventive geniuses, master artisans, and exploited weavers; rogues, entrepeneurs, nobles, and servants—a vivid account emerges of the inner workings of a so-called “traditional” society and its arts responding inventively to decades of international collecting.
Table of Contents
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- Preface Entering the Field
- pp. vii-xii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xiii
- Part One: Fabricscapes
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- pp. 3-14
- Part Two: Between the Folds
- Chapter 4: Wandi
- pp. 53-84
- Chapter 5: Parai Mutu
- pp. 85-107
- Chapter 6: Hawewa
- pp. 108-126
- Chapter 7: Worlds Converge
- pp. 131-147
- Chapter 8: Village Encounters
- pp. 148-160
- Chapter 9: On Other Islands
- pp. 161-180
- Chapter 10: Unfolding Passages
- pp. 181-192
- Chapter 11: Conclusion
- pp. 193-202
- Bibliography
- pp. 231-258
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824861636
Related ISBN(s)
9780824822880
MARC Record
OCLC
49730943
Launched on MUSE
2012-04-16
Language
English
Open Access
No