Between the Folds
Download or Read eBook Between the Folds PDF written by Jill Forshee and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jill Forshee |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0824822889 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824822880 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Between the Folds by : Jill Forshee
Book excerpt: Textiles have long been integral to the social life and cosmology of the people of East Sumba, Indonesia. In recent decades, the villagers 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. As the people of Sumba respond to an immensely expanded commerce in their cloth, tensions and ironies emerge between history and innovation in both cloth and lives.
