Temporal ambiguity in Hmong representational textile art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Cohen (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-40 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.1996.9966689 |
| OpenAlex | W1971955462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Embroidererd representational textiles of Hmong refugees from the war in Laos are generally referred to in the literature as “story cloths”. The article problematizes the concept of “story” in this designation, and points out the complex ambiguity of the temporal dimension by way of analysis of an exceptionally richly embroidered Hmong cloth. Four alternative readings of the cloth are proposed; it is hypothesized that a “mythical” reading will become predominant, as the Hmong integrate the turbulent events of the war into their mytho‐historical collective memory
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Archaeology · Art · Close reading · Dimension (graph theory · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Refugee · Sociology · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · History · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |