Fashionable Traditions

Ayami Nakatani is professor of cultural anthropology and director of the Discovery Program for Global Learners at Okayama University.

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction: Asian Handmade Textiles as Fashionable Traditions
Ayami Nakatani

Part 1: Fashion Dynamics in Tradition
Chapter 1
Ikat Patterns in Flores, Indonesia, and the Global Fashion Trajectory
Willemijn de Jong
Chapter 2
“New Style” of Ethnic Clothing: Dress between Tradition and Fashion among the Hmong in Yunnan, China
Chie Miyawaki
Chapter 3
The Pashmina Shawl: Continuity and Transformation from Ladakh to Kashmir
Monisha Ahmed

Part 2: Politics of Heritage and Beyond
Chapter 4
Listing Cultures: Politics of Boundaries and Heritagization of Handwoven Textiles in Indonesia
Ayami Nakatani
Chapter 5
Between Culture and Technology: “Theme” Saris and the Graphic Representation of Heritage in Tamil Nadu, India
Aarti Kawlra
Chapter 6
“Heritagization” as a Double-edged Sword: The Dilemma of Nishijin Silk Weaving in Kyoto, Japan
Okpyo Moon
Chapter 7
Inheriting Weaving Knowledge in Depopulated Communities: Conservation of Wisteria Fiber Textiles in Kyoto, Japan
Miwa Kanetani

Part 3: Contested Valorization and the Role of Mediators
Chapter 8
Branding Tsumugi Kimono in Japan: Kimono Magazines as Mediators between Consumers and the “Mingei” Movement
Seiko Sugimoto
Chapter 9
“Crafts” to “Art”: A Trajectory of Aboriginal Women’s Weavings in Arnhem Land, Australia
Sachiko Kubota
Chapter 10
Translocal Ikat in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia: Imagining Heritage, Imagining Modernities in Ikat Production and Marketing
Susan Rodgers

Part 4: Ambivalent Encounters with Global Consumers
Chapter 11
Embroidering Development: The Mutwa and Rann Utsav in Kutch, India
Michele A. Hardy
Chapter 12
Strategic Choices of Techniques: Dyed and Printed Textiles for Goddess Rituals in Gujarat, Western India
Yoko Ueba
Chapter 13
Patchworking in Tradition: The Trends of Fashionable Carpets from Turkey
Ulara Tamura
Chapter 14
What Do Handwoven Textiles Do? Constellation of Things and the Primal History among Non-Weaving People in Flores, Eastern Indonesia
Eriko Aoki

Index
About the Contributors