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2 166 kr
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Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the move between different cultures. It also addresses issues of gender, ethnic and religious identity, and economic status. The book covers a broad geographic range from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and references a number of disciplines such as anthropology, art history and history.This volume is timely, as both the social sciences and historical studies have developed a new interest in material culture. Edited by a foremost expert in the region, it will add considerably to our understanding of historical and current societies in the Indian Ocean region.
780 kr
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Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the move between different cultures. It also addresses issues of gender, ethnic and religious identity, and economic status. The book covers a broad geographic range from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and references a number of disciplines such as anthropology, art history and history.This volume is timely, as both the social sciences and historical studies have developed a new interest in material culture. Edited by a foremost expert in the region, it will add considerably to our understanding of historical and current societies in the Indian Ocean region.
2 096 kr
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Recognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.
568 kr
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Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume addresses the relationship between gender and dress, opening up fascinating aspects by covering a great variety of ethnographic areas reaching from Asia, Europe and Africa to North and South America. The time span is equally wide-ranging and offers present-day material as well as studies based on historical data.
1 215 kr
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Dance’s Duet with theCamera: Motion Pictures is a collection of essays written by variousauthors on the relationship between live dance and film. Chapters cover arange of topics that explore dance film, contemporary dance with film onstage, dance as an ideal medium to be captured by 3D images and videodance askin to site-specific choreography. This book explores the ways in which earlypractitioners such as Loïe Fuller and Maya Deren began a conversation betweenmedia that has continued to evolve and yet still retains certain unansweredquestions. Methodology for this conversation includes dance historicalapproaches as well as mechanical considerations. The camera is a partner, adisembodied portion of self that looks in order to reflect on, to mirror, orto presage movement. This conversation includes issues of sexuality, race, andmixed ability. Bodies and lenses share equal billing.
738 kr
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Recognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.
1 215 kr
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Chapters cover a range of topics that explore dance film, contemporary dance with film on stage, dance as an ideal medium to be captured by 3D images and videodance as kin to site-specific choreography.