Dyeing with the earth : textiles, tradition, and sustainability in contemporary Japan / Charlotte Linton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linton, Charlotte, 1984- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Japan--Amami Ōshima.

Dyes and dyeing.

Textile industry--Japan--Amami Ōshima.

Textile industry.

Kimonos--Japan--Amami Ōshima.

Kimonos.

Textile crafts--Japan--Amami Ōshima.

Textile crafts.

Textile industry--Environmental aspects--Japan--Amami Ōshima.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Other Title:

Textiles, tradition, and sustainability in contemporary Japan

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Dyeing with the Earth addresses small-scale traditional craft environments and their connections to contemporary sustainability developments through a case study of natural textile dyeing on Amami Ōshima, a biodiverse island in southern Japan. Contrasting traditional practices with profit-driven sustainability policies of global corporations, Charlotte Linton explores the complex and often contradictory intertwining of preservation practices, resource extraction, and access to land that define the craftspeoples' relationships with the natural environment. Using visual, design and apprenticeship methodologies, the study follows the work of a textiles workshop engaged in the production of yarn for the Ōshima tsumugi kimono cloth industry, dyed using the indigenous dorozome (mud-dyeing) technique. Dyeing with the Earth offers readers a new approach to global sustainability rhetoric by zooming in on sustaining processes at a local level. By examining a single link in the commodity supply chain, Linton shows how grassroots producers of such commodities sustain their communities socially, economically, and environmentally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Mud Dyers of Amami Ōshima

The Alchemy of Producing Color

"Mottainai!" What a Waste!

The Mejiro Bird

"The Industrious Way of Doing Things"

Dyeing with the Earth

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Linton, Charlotte, 1984- Dyeing with the earth.

ISBN:

9781478061199

1478061197

Access Restriction:

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