Necessity of Craft Tapa blanda - 1996

Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press, 1995. xiv, 186pp, bibliography, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Examines the complex social and cultural issues surrounding the general decline in women's traditional craft practices, and the appropriation of these crafts into a more commodified form of production. Writers from the Asian-Pacific region address a diverse range of women's craft practices: carpet making in refugee camps; weaving in Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and Tonga; scroll-maiking and clay modelling in India; kueh-making in Singapore; dough sculptures in China; and a range of crafts in Indonesian cooperative developments.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, W.A, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. in hand copy, clean without annotations, and no damage to describe. Illustrated with some black-and-white photographs, and with bibliography and notes on the contributors. "The necessity of craft is the first substantial text to deal with women's craft production in the Asian-Pacific region from the perspectives of social change and development. It considers whether commodification will continue to diminish the cultural and ritual value of women's craft practices, and also how can women develop strategies which enable them to maintain control of the aircraft practices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 186 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Women & Feminism; Aboriginal; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1875560629. ISBN/EAN: 9781875560622. Inventory No:… Leer más

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