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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511370703321

Autore

Buckridge Steeve O.

Titolo

African lace-bark in the Caribbean : the construction of race, class and gender / / Steeve O. Buckridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4725-6932-6

1-4725-6931-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

391.20862509

Soggetti

Tapa - Social aspects - Caribbean Area

Women slaves - Clothing - Caribbean Area

Black people - Clothing - Caribbean Area

Black people - Material culture - Caribbean Area

Clothing and dress - Caribbean Area - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover page; Halftitle page; Epigraph; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Dress, material culture, and Caribbean historiography; Terminology and organization; 1 PRE-HISTORY TO EARLY SLAVE TRADE: "PEOPLE OF THE FOREST"; Bark-cloth, a global phenomenon; African bark-cloth: a rich heritage; Bark-cloth: ceremonial and secular purposes; Threads of our ancestors; The new arrivants and social setting; Jamaican Sunday markets and plantation dress; The origin of Jamaican lace-bark

2 PLANTATION JAMAICA: "CONTROLLING THE SILVER"Natural history and Jamaican lace- bark; The history of handmade lace; The Jamaican bark- cloth industry; Lace-bark: the tree of life; Situation in Haiti, Cuba, and the question of women's labor; 3 VICTORIAN JAMAICA:" FANCY FANS AND DOILIES"; Post-Emancipation dress in Victorian Jamaica; Jamaicanization of Victorian dress; Lace-bark and the tourist industry; Lace-bark and the Jamaican woman's education; CONCLUSION; Lace-



bark today: a tree in crisis; Lace-bark: the imminent threat; APPENDIX; GLOSSARY; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING

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