Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba 9780824861636

Textiles have long been integral to the social life and cosmology of the people of East Sumba, Indonesia. In recent deca

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface: Entering the Field
Acknowledgments
Part One: Fabricscapes
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Locations, Histories, Identities
Chapter 3: Enfolding History and Flux
Part Two: Between the Folds
Chapter 4: Wandi
Chapter 5: Parai Mutu
Chapter 6: Hawewa
Part Three: Shuttling between Worlds
Chapter 7: Worlds Converge
Chapter 8: Village Encounters
Chapter 9: On Other Islands
Chapter 10: Unfolding Passages
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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