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Central Asian Textiles
- Tells an evocative story of life along the Silk Road - A must-have for textile lovers - Features many previously unpublished pieces For thousands of years, the peoples of Central Asia have created spectacular textiles for every aspect of life. Infinite care, resources and time have gone into making elaborate costumes (connoting the wearer's identity and place in society), equestrian items, and exquisite furnishings for settled as well as nomadic lifestyles. Items of dress were decorated literally from top to toe: boots were embroidered with metal thread, while hats were stitched, appliquéd and felted. The women of a family would come together to embroider dazzling suzanis to form part of a bride's dowry; master dyers and weavers would craft vibrant ikat hangings. Combined, these objects tell an evocative story of life along the Silk Road in times past. This book brings together outstanding textiles from the Neville Kingston Collection, featuring many previously unpublished pieces. It is the second volume to document this exceptional English collection; Turkmen Carpets: The Neville Kingston Collection was published in 2016.
Umění šperku v zemích Orientu
Touha po zdobení těla je stará jako lidstvo samo. Lidé se vždy zdobili, a tím se od sebe navzájem odlišovali. Šperk podtrhoval individualitu jednotlivce a přitahoval pohledy ostatních. Obrazově bohatě vybavená monografie, vycházející především ze sbírek Národního muzea a Západočeského muzea v Plzni, se věnuje šperkařství od Tibetu po Blízký východ. Cílem publikace je postihnout v hlavních rysech vše, co je z historického hlediska pro sledované oblasti typické, co po staletí spoluvytvářelo charakter šperků daných zemí, regionu či etnika a co nám tak poskytuje obraz identity lidí, kteří žili a stále žijí v takto rozsáhlém a kulturně různorodém prostředí.
The Role of Religions in the European Perception of Insular and Mainland Southeast Asia
For people nowadays, the constant exchange of people, goods and ideas and their interaction across wide distances are a part of everyday life. However, such encounters and interregional links are by no means only a recent phenomenon, although the forms they have taken in the course of history have varied. It goes without saying that travel to distant regions was spurred by various interests, first and foremost economic and imperialist policies, which reached an initial climax around 1500 with the European expansion to the Americas and into the Indian Ocean. The motivations of European travellers for venturing to the regions of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, which are the focus of the ...
Dreams of Prosperity
Green aspirations and the dynamics of integration in two east Kalimantan cities / Monika Arnez -- Neoliberalism and the integration of labor and natural resources / Amalia Rossi and Sakkarin Na Nan -- Integration and marginality in the tourist economy / Olivier Evrard, Manoj Potapohn, and Karnrawee Stratongno -- Migration and the ethnic division of labor in Siam's teak business, 1880-1910 / Amnuayvit Thitibordin -- After the shelter / Runa Lazzarino -- Playing the NGO system / Giuseppe Bolotta -- Making sense of poverty in Aceh and Surabaya / Silvia Viganto and Carlo Alcano
New Perspectives on Consumer Culture Theory and Research
In the post-socialist countries, the subject of consumption has not received sufficient attention from the perspective of Consumer Culture Theory. The opinion has long prevailed among the majority of social scientists from this region that consumer society and consumptive behaviour is a socially destructive phenomenon and one of the main causes of problems in contemporary society. This impression has prevented them from scrutinizing the symbolic dimension of consumption and led them to a critical analysis of the social causes and environmental consequences of excessive consumption. The examination of symbolic aspects of consumer culture or the mutual interaction of culture and marketing comm...
Hair
An interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings of hair in Asia from classical times to contemporary contexts.
Art as a Political Witness
The book explores the concept of artistic witnessing as political activity. In which ways may art and artists bear witness to political events? The Contributors engage with dance, film, photography, performance, poetry and theatre and explore artistic witnessing as political activity in a wide variety of case studies.
