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Batak Cloth And Clothing
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Author : S. A. Niessen
language : en
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993
Batak Cloth And Clothing written by S. A. Niessen and has been published by Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Art categories.
By wearing accultrated clothing some Batak proclaimed their adherence to the new status terms promoted by the Dutch colonial regime. Other Batak developed an 'appearance of resistance' to the changes they saw around them. Women's fashions changed more slowly and announced the continuity of their social role as keepers of hearth and home.
Cloth That Does Not Die Cl
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language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date :
Cloth That Does Not Die Cl written by and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Hand weaving categories.
"Cloth only wears, it does not die," the paradoxical phrase from a Bunu Yoruba prayer, emphasizes the power of cloth as a symbol of continuing social relations and identities in the face of uncertainty and death. The Bunu Yoruba people of central Nigeria mark every critical juncture in an individual’s life, from birthing ceremonies to funeral celebrations, with handwoven cloth. Anthropologist Elisha Renne explains how and why this is so and discusses why handwoven cloth is still valued although it is rarely woven in Bunu villages today. Special marriage cloths mark changes in the status of Bunu brides, as well as in the social connections of kin during traditional marriage rituals. In funerals, handwoven cloth is used to rank chiefs; in masquerade performances, it indicates the presence of ancestral spirits. As tailored and untailored dress, it expresses gender and educational differences. Further, it is worn to distinguish ritual events that have a unique Bunu identity from everyday affairs where commercial, industrially woven cloth prevails. Renne examines the use and production of cloth in Bunu society from approximately 1900 to the present. Some traditions associated with cloth have given way to changes brought about by long contact with Christian missionaries and by British colonial policies that altered methods of cotton and cloth production. Today weaving is no longer done as a matter of course by all village women, but rather has become the specialty of only a few. Why does handwoven cloth still play such a vital role in Bunu social life when, in fact, Bunu women have largely given up weaving? To explain cloth’s continued cultural importance, Renne takes the story beyond the descriptive and historic to examine the meaning of different kinds of cloth for various members of Bunu village communities -- from wives and diviners to chiefs and hunters. The details of Bunu village life in Cloth That Does Not Die complement the many uses of cloth that Renne interprets. Anthropologists, social historians, and historians of African art will find the book of great value as an example of how material culture can integrate the study of various aspects of social life. The book will interest textile artists with its close attention to the visual properties of cloth itself.
Cloth As Metaphor Re Reading The Adinkra Cloth
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Author : G. F. Kojo Arthur
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Cloth As Metaphor Re Reading The Adinkra Cloth written by G. F. Kojo Arthur and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Adinkra symbols visually integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative language, mathematical structures and philosophical concepts. The book views the Adinkra cloth symbols as a writing system. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with the symbols. The themes covered include Akan cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethical values, economics, and Akan knowledge systems. Perhaps the most modern and certainly one of the most comprehensive works on Adinkra (Oluwatoyin Adepoju).
Experimental Investigation Of Air Flow Uniformity And Pressure Level On Wire Cloth For Transpiration Cooling Applications
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Author : Patrick L. Donoughe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Experimental Investigation Of Air Flow Uniformity And Pressure Level On Wire Cloth For Transpiration Cooling Applications written by Patrick L. Donoughe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Aerodynamics categories.
Abstract: An experimental investigation was conducted to obtain information on air-flow uniformity and pressure-level effects for various meshes of stainless-steel corduroy wire cloth, and permeability and strength data for a 20- by 20-mesh stainless-steel wire cloth. It was found that close control of the wire cloth thickness yielded sufficiently uniform air flow and that available methods may be used to predict the effect of pressure level. Permeability and strengths of the 20- by 20-mesh wire cloth were similar to those already available from other meshes. The reduced tensile strength of the 20- by 20-mesh wire cloth in the direction of the primary stresses is one and a half to three times as great as the strength of the best porous sintered materials presently available.
Clothing And Difference
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Author : Hildi Hendrickson
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1996
Clothing And Difference written by Hildi Hendrickson and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Health & Fitness categories.
This volume examines the dynamic relationship between the body, clothing, and identity in sub-Saharan Africa and raises questions that have previously been directed almost exclusively to a Western and urban context. Unusual in its treatment of the body surface as a critical frontier in the production and authentification of identity, Clothing and Difference shows how the body and its adornment have been used to construct and contest social and individual identities in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, and other African societies during both colonial and post-colonial times. Grounded in the insights of anthropology and history and influenced by developments in cultural studies, these essays investigate the relations between the personal and the public, and between ideas about the self and those about the family, gender, and national groups. They explore the bodily and material creation of the changing identities of women, spirits, youths, ancestors, and entrepreneurs through a consideration of topics such as fashion, spirit possession, commodity exchange, hygiene, and mourning. By taking African societies as its focus, Clothing and Difference demonstrates that factors considered integral to Western social development--heterogeneity, migration, urbanization, transnational exchange, and media representation--have existed elsewhere in different configurations and with different outcomes. With significance for a wide range of fields, including gender studies, cultural studies, art history, performance studies, political science, semiotics, economics, folklore, and fashion and textile analysis/design, this work provides alternative views of the structures underpinning Western systems of commodification, postmodernism, and cultural differentiation. Contributors. Misty Bastian, Timothy Burke, Hildi Hendrickson, Deborah James, Adeline Masquelier, Elisha Renne, Johanna Schoss, Brad Weiss
Virtual Clothing
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Author : Pascal Volino
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Virtual Clothing written by Pascal Volino and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Computers categories.
In an accessible style that will appeal to the professional, student and laymen, the authors explain the methods for creating and simulating clothes for virtual humans. Using numerous detailed illustrations, colourful images, and step-by-step analysis they map out the terrain of this exciting and cutting-edge discipline. Starting with the beginnings in the mid 1980s and the basic foundations from the field of mechanics, the reader is gradually introduced to the subject. The text draws on a number of related fields such as computer graphics, algorithmics, computational geometry, simulation, modeling, animation, visualization, and virtual reality. The MIRACloth system, developed by the authors, is used as a case study for the results and techniques discussed. The book comes with a CD-ROM featuring dynamic demonstrations of 3D clothes and fashion shows. This is an indispensable text for anybody who wants an intelligent and readable book on virtual clothing.
Describing Women S Clothing In Eighteenth Century England
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Author : Elizabeth Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2024-03-12
Describing Women S Clothing In Eighteenth Century England written by Elizabeth Spencer and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-12 with History categories.
Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century.Descriptions of women's clothing increasingly circulated across textual genres and beyond in eighteenth-century England. This book explores the significance of these descriptions across a range of sources including wills, newspapers, accounts, court records, and the records of the old poor law.Attention has rested on women literate and wealthy enough to leave behind textual or material traces, but this book ranges from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider descriptive languages, rhetorical strategies, and relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy. It explores how women described their own clothing, but also looks at how it was described by overseers, family members, retailers, and even strangers. It shows that we must look beyond isolated descriptions to how, why, and who was describing clothing to understand its role. Chapters uncover themes of material obligation, expectation, and entitlement.This book also contributes to our understanding of the material literacy of eighteenth-century consumers. It traces the role of textual description in this dissemination of knowledge about clothing, but also alerts us to what was happening beyond the written word, drawing attention to the communication of multisensory information. Above all, it demonstrates that there remains much still to be unpicked from textual sources.ncover themes of material obligation, expectation, and entitlement.This book also contributes to our understanding of the material literacy of eighteenth-century consumers. It traces the role of textual description in this dissemination of knowledge about clothing, but also alerts us to what was happening beyond the written word, drawing attention to the communication of multisensory information. Above all, it demonstrates that there remains much still to be unpicked from textual sources.ncover themes of material obligation, expectation, and entitlement.This book also contributes to our understanding of the material literacy of eighteenth-century consumers. It traces the role of textual description in this dissemination of knowledge about clothing, but also alerts us to what was happening beyond the written word, drawing attention to the communication of multisensory information. Above all, it demonstrates that there remains much still to be unpicked from textual sources.ncover themes of material obligation, expectation, and entitlement.This book also contributes to our understanding of the material literacy of eighteenth-century consumers. It traces the role of textual description in this dissemination of knowledge about clothing, but also alerts us to what was happening beyond the written word, drawing attention to the communication of multisensory information. Above all, it demonstrates that there remains much still to be unpicked from textual sources.
Wages And Hours Of Labor In The Cigar And Clothing Industries 1911 And 1912 September 2 1913
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Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Wages And Hours Of Labor In The Cigar And Clothing Industries 1911 And 1912 September 2 1913 written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Cigar makers categories.
Procurement Of Clothing And Textiles 1945 53
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Author : John V. Haggard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Procurement Of Clothing And Textiles 1945 53 written by John V. Haggard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Clothing trade categories.
Clothing Gandhi S Nation
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Author : Lisa N. Trivedi
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-14
Clothing Gandhi S Nation written by Lisa N. Trivedi and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-14 with History categories.
In Clothing Gandhi's Nation, Lisa Trivedi explores the making of one of modern India's most enduring political symbols, khadi: a homespun, home-woven cloth. The image of Mohandas K. Gandhi clothed simply in a loincloth and plying a spinning wheel is familiar around the world, as is the sight of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other political leaders dressed in "Gandhi caps" and khadi shirts. Less widely understood is how these images associate the wearers with the swadeshi movement -- which advocated the exclusive consumption of indigenous goods to establish India's autonomy from Great Britain -- or how khadi was used to create a visual expression of national identity after Independence. Trivedi brings together social history and the study of visual culture to account for khadi as both symbol and commodity. Written in a clear narrative style, the book provides a cultural history of important and distinctive aspects of modern Indian history.