A New Deal for Navajo Weaving : Reform and Revival of Diné Textiles / Jennifer McLerran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLerran, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navajo textile fabrics--History.

Navajo textile fabrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A New Deal for Navajo Weaving provides a history of early to mid-twentieth-century Diné weaving projects by non-Natives who sought to improve the quality and marketability of Diné weaving but in so doing failed to understand the cultural significance of weaving and its role in the lives of Diné women"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The problem

1. Reformers and revitalists

2. Indian traders' and government agents' early twentieth-century improvement projects

3. Federal programs to improve Navajo weaving

4. The Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory, Wingate Vocational High School and the Navajo Arts and Craft Guild

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816546244

081654624X

OCLC:

1299299292