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

• Autore: Buckridge Steeve O.
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 391.20862509
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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 ; INDEX
• Titolo autorizzato: African lace-bark in the Caribbean
• ISBN: 1-4725-6932-6; 1-4725-6931-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511370703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II