African apparel : threaded transformations across the 20th century

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

African apparel : threaded transformations across the 20th century

Entry/Object ID

GT1580.R93

Description

Featuring fifty-five pieces of African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewelry, this book celebrates dress as products of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. Richly illustrated, this catalog highlights the strength and resilience of long-standing practices that characterize African dress; the wide variety of cultural, religious, and political motivations for adorning oneself; and the varying identities reflected in analyzing African material culture of the last century and a half. Textile selections include those handwoven and dyed alongside factory-woven and machine-printed cloth, as well as items of adornment including amber and silver jewelry from North Africa, beadwork-embellished clothing from South Africa, and various headdresses from across the continent. This unique collection is explored in conversation with the collector, through an in-depth essay, and with detailed object entries. From European colonization to independence, to economic liberalization, African Apparel demonstrates how dress practices reveal personal and group identities, cultural traditions, and aspirations.

Context

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, January 18-May 15, 2020.

Lexicon

Search Terms

clothing and dress--africa, clothing and dress--exhibitions, exhibitions, headgear--africa, jewelry--africa, textile fabrics--africa

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Mackenzie Moon Ryan

Publisher

Scala Arts Publishers

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

2020

Call No.

GT1580.R93

ISBN

1785512633, 9781785512636

Notes

Length: 112

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Director's foreword / Ena Heller -- Curator's acknowledgements / MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- Conversation between collector and curator / Norma Canelas Roth '65 and MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- The artistry of African apparel: global interactions, gendered realities, and generational conflicts and continuities / MacKenzie Moon Ryan -- Artworks and entries / Morgan Snoap '20 and Cristina Toppin '21 -- Global interactions -- Gender -- Generational conflict and continuity.