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Swept Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving (University of Arizona Southwest Center Series)
Kathy M'closkey
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Description for Swept Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving (University of Arizona Southwest Center Series)
Paperback. Debunks the romanticist stereotyping of Navajo weavers and Reservation traders and situates weavers within the economic history of the southwest. Series: University of Arizona Southwest Center Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Collected and highly valued all over the world, Navajo weaving has been the subject of many aesthetic and historic studies. Grounded in archival research and cultural and economic approaches, this new book situates Navajo weavers within the economic history of the Southwest and debunks the romantic stereotypes of weavers and traders that have dominated the literature.
Beginning with an analysis of trader archives revealing that nearly all Navajo textiles were wholesaled by weight until the 1960s, M'Closkey scrutinizes the complex interactions among artists, dealers, collectors, and museum curators that have facilitated the explosion in value of those old weavings. ... Read more
Collected and highly valued all over the world, Navajo weaving has been the subject of many aesthetic and historic studies. Grounded in archival research and cultural and economic approaches, this new book situates Navajo weavers within the economic history of the Southwest and debunks the romantic stereotypes of weavers and traders that have dominated the literature.
Beginning with an analysis of trader archives revealing that nearly all Navajo textiles were wholesaled by weight until the 1960s, M'Closkey scrutinizes the complex interactions among artists, dealers, collectors, and museum curators that have facilitated the explosion in value of those old weavings. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826328328
SKU
V9780826328328
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Ref
99-15
About Kathy M'closkey
A weaver for twenty years and a curator for more than a decade, Kathy M'Closkey is adjunct assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Reviews for Swept Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving (University of Arizona Southwest Center Series)
"[Swept Under the Rug] exposes economic practices that have exploited Navajo weavers and the Navajo community for over a century.... Eight well-written and readable chapters treat interconnected topics ranging from trade and commerce to the investment market to Navajo aesthetics and cosmology." - Choice "To her credit, [M'Closkey] includes Navajo perspectives. She successfully connects the influence of traditional Navajo concepts ... Read more