Islamicate Textiles : Fashion, Fabric, and Ritual / Faegheh Shirazi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirazi, Faegheh, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic textile fabrics--Social aspects.

Islamic textile fabrics.

Material culture--Islamic countries.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

[London] : [Bloomsbury Visual Arts], [2023]

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 08, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Shirazi, Faegheh Islamicate Textiles

ISBN:

9781350291256

1350291250

9781350291249

1350291242

9781350291294

1350291293

Publisher Number:

99993767770

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