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Overview"Created from an extensive range of locally produced and imported raw materials, and designed using an astonishing number of techniques--including different types of applique, decorative weaving, tie-dying, batik, and embroidery--Southeast Asian textiles are used to fashion an extraordinary variety of objects, ranging from everyday clothing to sacred and ceremonial costumes. This authoritative study focuses on the interplay between indigenous Southeast Asian traditions and the external cultural forces that have been a crucial part of the historical development and changing nature of the region's textile traditions. Maxwell considers the various ways Southeast Asian textile artisans reacted to the new ideas and raw materials from outside regions. The social, cultural, and religious dimensions of this art, the factors that condition how people create textiles, the way these are used, and the meaning of motifs and symbol are explored in detail. Including examples of textiles--some in categories that have never before been published--this reference work is a valuable contribution to the field of ethnographic textiles.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robyn J. MaxwellPublisher: Oxford University Press Australia Imprint: OUP Australia and New Zealand Dimensions: Width: 21.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 2.070kg ISBN: 9780195531862ISBN 10: 0195531868 Pages: 438 Publication Date: 16 July 1990 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9789676530608 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsShe has certainly succeeded admirably in masterfully exploring the foundations, major foreign influences, and the diverse and complex meanings that textiles have had for the various peoples of the region....Will be a standard work for years to come. --Journal of Asian Studies<br> This important volume should interest students of ethnic textiles as well as the general reader. --Choice<br> """She has certainly succeeded admirably in masterfully exploring the foundations, major foreign influences, and the diverse and complex meanings that textiles have had for the various peoples of the region....Will be a standard work for years to come.""--Journal of Asian Studies ""This important volume should interest students of ethnic textiles as well as the general reader.""--Choice" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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