Threads Of Global Desire
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Threads Of Global Desire
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Author : Dagmar Schäfer
language : en
Publisher: Pasold Studies in Textile, Dress and Fashion History
Release Date : 2018-05
Threads Of Global Desire written by Dagmar Schäfer and has been published by Pasold Studies in Textile, Dress and Fashion History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05 with Clothing and dress categories.
Considering silk as a major force of cross-cultural interaction, this book examines the integration of silk production and consumption into various cultures in the pre-modern world.
Threads Of Life
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Author : Clare Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2019-10-15
Threads Of Life written by Clare Hunter and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with History categories.
This globe-spanning history of sewing and embroidery, culture and protest, is “an astonishing feat . . . richly textured and moving” (The Sunday Times, UK). In 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their “disappeared” children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was under house arrest, her needlework carried her messages to the outside world. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances. Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland—to celebrate the universal beauty and power of sewing.
Dealing In Desire
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Author : Kimberly Kay Hoang
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2015-02-11
Dealing In Desire written by Kimberly Kay Hoang and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-11 with Social Science categories.
This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam’s sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, author Kimberly Kay Hoang worked at four exclusive Saigon hostess bars catering to diverse clientele: wealthy local Vietnamese and Asian businessmen, Viet Kieus (ethnic Vietnamese living abroad), Western businessmen, and Western budget-tourists. Dealing in Desire takes an in-depth and often personal look at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of the informal economy. For the domestic super-elite who use the levers of political power to channel foreign capital into real estate and manufacturing projects, conspicuous consumption is a means of projecting an image of Asian ascendancy to potential investors. For Viet Kieus and Westerners who bring remittances into the local economy, personal relationships with local sex workers reinforce their ideas of Asia’s rise and Western decline, while simultaneously bolstering their diminished masculinity. Dealing in Desire illuminates Ho Chi Minh City’s sex industry as not just a microcosm of the global economy, but a critical space where dreams and deals are traded.
Cowrie Shells And Cowrie Money
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Author : Bin Yang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Cowrie Shells And Cowrie Money written by Bin Yang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Cowries categories.
"Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time. Yang provides a global examination of cowrie money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period to the early twentieth century. By focusing on cowrie money in Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian, and West African societies and shell money in Pacific and North American societies, Yang synthsises and illustrates the economic and cultural connections, networks and interactions over a longue durée and in a cross-regional context, analysing locally varied experiences of cowrie money from a global perspective, arguing that cowrie money was the first global money that shaped Afro-Eurasian societies both individually and collectively, proposing a paradigm of the cowrie world and thus engaging many local, regional, transregional and global themes"--
Liberated Threads
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Author : Tanisha C. Ford
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-09-14
Liberated Threads written by Tanisha C. Ford and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-14 with Social Science categories.
From the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through antiapartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, black women have used their clothing, hair, and style not simply as a fashion statement but as a powerful tool of resistance. Whether using stiletto heels as weapons to protect against police attacks or incorporating African-themed designs into everyday wear, these fashion-forward women celebrated their identities and pushed for equality. In this thought-provoking book, Tanisha C. Ford explores how and why black women in places as far-flung as New York City, Atlanta, London, and Johannesburg incorporated style and beauty culture into their activism. Focusing on the emergence of the “soul style” movement—represented in clothing, jewelry, hairstyles, and more—Liberated Threads shows that black women’s fashion choices became galvanizing symbols of gender and political liberation. Drawing from an eclectic archive, Ford offers a new way of studying how black style and Soul Power moved beyond national boundaries, sparking a global fashion phenomenon. Following celebrities, models, college students, and everyday women as they moved through fashion boutiques, beauty salons, and record stores, Ford narrates the fascinating intertwining histories of Black Freedom and fashion.
Born Out Of Place
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Author : Nicole Constable
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2014-03-14
Born Out Of Place written by Nicole Constable and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-14 with Social Science categories.
Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong–born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary workers? This accessible ethnography provides insight into global problems of mobility, family, and citizenship and points to the consequences, creative responses, melodramas, and tragedies of labor and migration policies.
Unravelled Dreams
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Author : Ben Marsh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-23
Unravelled Dreams written by Ben Marsh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Reveals how commodity failure, as much as success, can shed light on aspirations, environment, and economic life in colonial societies.
Guide To World Screw Threads
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Author : P. A. Sidders
language : en
Publisher: Industrial Press
Release Date : 2009-04
Guide To World Screw Threads written by P. A. Sidders and has been published by Industrial Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with House & Home categories.
An excellent overview of all standards for users and producers of fasteners and equipment designers who must specify fasteners.
The Cambridge Global History Of Fashion Volume 1
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Author : Christopher Breward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-08-17
The Cambridge Global History Of Fashion Volume 1 written by Christopher Breward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-17 with Health & Fitness categories.
Explores how the long history of fashion from antiquity to c. 1800 created global networks and animated world communities.