Global trade and cultural authentication : the Kalabari of the Niger Delta / edited by Joanne B. Eicher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eicher, Joanne Bubolz, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kalabari (African people)--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Kalabari (African people).

Kalabari (African people)--Commerce--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Textile industry--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Textile industry.

Clothing and dress--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Clothing and dress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 306 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Global Trade and Cultural Authentication, edited by Joanne Eicher, showcases the complexity and enduring aesthetic and ingenuity of Kalabari artisans. The Kalabari people, most of whom make their homes in the eastern Niger Delta region of western Africa, are renowned for the artistry in working with globally imported textiles and dress for centuries. The 22 essays in this edited volume feature the work of leading Nigerian and American scholars and offer an in-depth, nuanced understanding of Kalabari textiles, aesthetics, and engagement with past and present global trade networks. Using dress and textiles as a lens, Global Trade and Cultural Authentication explores the Kalabari people's centuries-long role in the global trade arena. Their economic interconnectedness demonstrates that Africa was never a "dark continent" but, rather, critically involved in a global trade built around Kalabari resourcefulness and imagination."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

I. Cultural authentication and textiles

1. Dress, textiles, and the Kalabari material world

2. Kalabari cut-thread and pulled-thread cloth

3. Cut-thread cloth characteristics

4. "Our Great Mother . . . tied this cloth" : pelete bite cloth women, and Kalabari identity

5. The economics of making pelete bite

6. Indian Madras plaids as Real India

7. Ecological systems theory and the significance of imported Madras cloth

8. India and West Africa : transformation of velvets

9. Designed for wrapping : changes in Indian embroidered velvets produced for the Kalabari

II. Kalabari dress

10. Male and female artistry

11. The stages of traditional womanhood

12. Dress and gender in women's societies

13. The aesthetics of men's dress

14. Dress as a symbol of identity of Sir (Chief) O. K. Isokariari

15. Beaded and bedecked

16. Coral use and meaning

17. Headwear

III. Kalabari rituals

18. Celebration and display

19. Fitting farewells

20. Centenary and masquerade rituals

21. Kalabari rituals and dress as multisensory experiences

IV. The Kalabari diaspora

22. The Kalabari diaspora in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Eicher, Joanne B. Global Trade and Cultural Authentication

ISBN:

9780253062628

0253062624

9780253062611

0253062616

OCLC:

1321793215