| Weavers' Stories from Island Southeast Asia Contributor(s): Hamilton, Roy W. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0977834492 ISBN-13: 9780977834495 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Design | Textile & Costume - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011051022 |
| Series: Fowler Museum Textile |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 9" W x 11.9" (1.15 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Weaver's Stories from Island Southeast Asia delves into the personal stories of individual textile artists, bringing recognition to their accomplishments, skills, and extraordinary lives. Photographs of ten women from eight locations in the Southeast Asian archipelago along with examples of their weaving are accompanied by a DVD showing them at work. The book is part of a project to bring stories from the lives of Southeast Asian weavers and batik makers to an American audience, using video as the main component. Although the makers of textiles are generally not named in American museum collections, the creation of textiles is not anonymous in Southeast Asian communities. Senior artists are held in public esteem, and the cloth they produce is instantly recognizable to local people as their unique product. |
