Between the Folds
Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23530232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jill Forshee |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Between the Folds (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780824861636 |
| OpenAlex | W2251089307 |
| Open Library | OL29357417M |
| ISBN | 9780824861636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
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.
Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Geology · Clothing · Commerce · Costume · Ethnology · Indonesia · Industries · Social life and customs · Sumba Island · Sumbanese (Indonesian people) · Sumbanese Textile fabrics · Textile design · Textile designs · Textile fabrics · Textile fabrics, Sumbanese · Textile industry
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2020 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |