African apparel : threaded transformations across the 20th century /
Moon Ryan, MacKenzie
African apparel : threaded transformations across the 20th century / MacKenzie Moon Ryan - New York : Scala Arts Publishers, 2020 - 112 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, January 18th-May 15th, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Featuring African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewellery, this book celebrates African dress as a product of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. The book highlights the strength and resilience of long-standing practices that characterise African dress; the wide variety of cultural, religious, and political motivations for adorning oneself; and the varying identities reflected in analysing African material culture of the last century and a half. Textile selections include hand-woven and dyed examples alongside factory-woven and machine-printed cloth. Items of adornment include amber and silver jewellery from North Africa, beadwork-embellished clothing from South Africa, and various headdresses from across the continent, to name a few examples. From formal European colonisation, to independence for African countries, to the liberalisation of African economies, this book will demonstrate how dress practices reveal personal and group identities, cultural traditions, religious associations, political affiliations, and aspirations.
9781785512636
2019014282
George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Clothing and dress--History--Africa--20th century
Headgear--History--Africa--20th century
Jewelry--History--Africa--20th century
Africa
391.0096 MAC
African apparel : threaded transformations across the 20th century / MacKenzie Moon Ryan - New York : Scala Arts Publishers, 2020 - 112 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, January 18th-May 15th, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Featuring African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewellery, this book celebrates African dress as a product of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. The book highlights the strength and resilience of long-standing practices that characterise African dress; the wide variety of cultural, religious, and political motivations for adorning oneself; and the varying identities reflected in analysing African material culture of the last century and a half. Textile selections include hand-woven and dyed examples alongside factory-woven and machine-printed cloth. Items of adornment include amber and silver jewellery from North Africa, beadwork-embellished clothing from South Africa, and various headdresses from across the continent, to name a few examples. From formal European colonisation, to independence for African countries, to the liberalisation of African economies, this book will demonstrate how dress practices reveal personal and group identities, cultural traditions, religious associations, political affiliations, and aspirations.
9781785512636
2019014282
George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Clothing and dress--History--Africa--20th century
Headgear--History--Africa--20th century
Jewelry--History--Africa--20th century
Africa
391.0096 MAC