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Embroidering Lives: Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry (Suny Series in the Anthropology of Work) | 
 enlarge | Author: Clare M. Wilkinson-weber
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1467251
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0791440885
Dewey Decimal Number: 331.487464409542
EAN: 9780791440889
ASIN: 0791440885
Publication Date: March 1999
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Product Description
Fusing aesthetic and economic analyses, Embroidering Lives investigates the lives and work of women in the chikan embroidery industry of Lucknow, India. Richly descriptive and accessibly written, the book explores many important issues in women's studies, anthropology, and urban development today--the impact of purdah (seclusion of women) upon women's work and occupational opportunities, the key role of sub-contractors in home-based industry, the need to understand a handicraft from its makers' point of view, and the role of development agencies and programs.
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Review: August 22, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If your interest in embroidery extends to the anthropolgy of women's work, then this book is one you should read. It's not as accessible as "Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years" but well worth the read. This book is about the contemporary conditions under which embroiderers work in India.
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