African Lace-Bark in the Caribbean The construction of race, class, and gender

This study focuses on the making of African bark-cloth in the Caribbean and the use of plant fibers and pigments in the production and care of clothing for members of the colonized population. The material artifact of interest in this study is lace-bark, a form of bark-cloth, obtained from the bark...

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Main Author:	Buckridge, Steeve O
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016 Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publ
Edition:	1
Subjects:	African bark-cloth bast fibres Bauxite bio-prospecting Blacks > Clothing > Caribbean Area Blacks > Material culture > Caribbean Area Bobbin lace bois dentelle botanical gardens bwa dantelle Caribbean Caribbean Area > Economic conditions Caribbean Area > History Caribbean Area > Social conditions Clothing and dress - Caribbean Area - History colonialism conservation Cuba daguilla dress exhibitions fibre Gauze tree Haiti handmade lace headdress Jamaica Kennedy Fibre machine lace lace-bark Lagetta lagetto leaf fibre Machine made lace Maroons material culture Mining Natural lace Needle Point lace raffia raphia Self-help Sir Hans Sloane slave slave women slavery souvenir Tainos tapa Tapa > Social aspects > Caribbean Area Textile Culture Textile fabrics Textile fabrics > Social aspects > Caribbean Area > History Textiles tourism Victorian Jamaica West Indies wet limestone Women slaves Women slaves > Caribbean Area > History Women slaves > Clothing > Caribbean Area World Dress World Textiles
ISBN:	9781474285339, 1474285333, 9781350058507, 1350058505, 147256930X, 9781472569301
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