Islamicate textiles : fashion, fabric, and ritual / Faegheh Shirazi.
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023Description: 208 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781350291232 (hbk.) :
- NK8808.9
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Textiles and clothing are interwoven with Islamic culture. In Islamicate Textiles, readers are taken on a journey from Central Asia to Tanzania to uncover the central roles that textiles play within Muslim-majority communities. This thematically arranged book sheds light on the traditions, rituals and religious practices of these regions, and the ways in which each one incorporates materials and clothing. Drawing on examples including Iranian lion carpets and Arabic keffiyeh, Faegheh Shirazi frames these textiles and totemic items as important cultural signifiers that, together, form a dynamic and fascinating material culture.
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