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Islamicate Textiles Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual
Title
Islamicate Textiles [electronic resource] : Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual / Faegheh Shirazi.
ISBN
9781350291256
1350291250
9781350291249
1350291242
9781350291294
1350291293
Publication
[London] : [Bloomsbury Visual Arts], [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource ( 209 p.)
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Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 08, 2023).
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Print version: Shirazi, Faegheh Islamicate Textiles London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA,c2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 02, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Halftitle page
Frontispiece
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Description of the project
Material culture: History and function
Trauma, activism, and economic benefit
Preservation of national heritage
Audience and readership
CHAPTER 1 TEXTILES AND SYMBOLS: A MÉLANGE OF CULTURAL SIGNIFIERS
Kanga: Cloth with A Message
Lion of Persia: From pre-Islamic to contemporary Iran
Felt and fabrics under domination: Central Asia
Ram's horn: Central Asia and Iran
CHAPTER 2 TALISMANIC TEXTILES: GENDER, STATUS, AND THE SUPERNATURAL
Protecting fiber and livelihood: The Ladakh
Blessed looms, blessed fibers
Sacred colors: Red, white, and light blue
Beyond the loom
Amulets: Protection against the unseen
Inscribed talismanic shirts
Gendered looms
Gendered looms: Iran
CHAPTER 3 THE POLITICIZATION OF TEXTILES: COLONIALISM TO THE PRESENT
India and cotton: Rejecting colonial rule
United we stand: India's Muslim weavers
West African wax cloth
Calico: The forbidden Indian cotton
Indian cloth in Southeast Asia
Keffiyeh: From functional to symbolic
The effect of Russian colonization on Central Asian textiles
Tajikstan: Textiles and national branding
Soviet symbols on woven carpets
CHAPTER 4 REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS: TEXTILE SIGNATURES
The Siddis of India
Afghan refugee women: Embroidered lives
Weaving and war: Carpets depicting a nation under siege
Iraqi refugees: Textile arts of the past
Syrian and Iraqi refugees: Embroidered quilts and the charuga
Syrian refugees: The Ana Collection
Weaving timeless symbols: War's impact on non-Muslim communities
CHAPTER 5 TEXTILES AND DEATH RITUALS INISLAMICATE SOCIETIES
The burial garment for Muslims: The kafan
Piecing together the past: Tiraz and halaqa
Tomb covers for the Prophet Muhammed: Kiswa
Tomb covers: Signifiers of status
Indian and South Asian tomb covers
Egyptian funeral tents: The art of Khayamiya
CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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