Swept under the rug : a hidden history of Navajo weaving / Kathy M'Closkey.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780826328228
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E99.N3
Contents:
Introduction -- Trade, commerce, and diversification -- Discourses on traders, weavers, and trade blankets -- Blankets by weight: the hidden narrative -- Blankets by design: assessing traders' influence -- From flea market to Fifth Avenue: tracking the investment market -- Toward an understanding of Navajo aesthetics -- Reconceptualizing Navajo weaving: from commodity to cosmological performance.
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"Published in cooperation with the University of Arizona Southwest Center."

"A University of Arizona Southwest Center book"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index.

Introduction -- Trade, commerce, and diversification -- Discourses on traders, weavers, and trade blankets -- Blankets by weight: the hidden narrative -- Blankets by design: assessing traders' influence -- From flea market to Fifth Avenue: tracking the investment market -- Toward an understanding of Navajo aesthetics -- Reconceptualizing Navajo weaving: from commodity to cosmological performance.

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