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Islamicate textiles : fashion, fabric, and ritual
- Title
- Islamicate textiles : fashion, fabric, and ritual / Faegheh Shirazi.
- Author
- Shirazi, Faegheh, 1952-
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQE 24-278 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 197 pages : illustrations (cheifly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Faegheh Shirazi discusses textiles' crucial role in ceremonial, ritual, and spiritual lives in many cultures as well as their economic and political role dating back to pre-Islamic times. With five chapters arranged thematically, rather than by region or historic era, this a unique and fascinating exploration of the function of textiles in the Islamic realm as a signifier of cultural practices across a vast geographic area"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Textiles and Symbols: A Mélange of Cultural Signifiers -- Talismanic Textiles: Gender, Status, and the Supernatural -- The Politicization of Textiles: Colonialism to the Present -- Refugees and Displaced Persons: A Textile Signature -- Textiles and Death Rituals in Islamicate Societies.
- Call Number
- JQE 24-278
- ISBN
- 9781350291232
- 1350291234
- 9781350291263
- 1350291269
- 9781350291249 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781350291256 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781350291294 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022054111
- OCLC
- 1350843057
- Author
- Shirazi, Faegheh, 1952- author.
- Title
- Islamicate textiles : fashion, fabric, and ritual / Faegheh Shirazi.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 24-278