Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory | 
| Creators: Ariel Zeitlin Cooke, Marcia Mcdowell
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 101
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0944311202
Dewey Decimal Number: 708
EAN: 9780944311202
ASIN: 0944311202
Publication Date: January 30, 2006
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"Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory" accompanies a landmark traveling exhibit of textiles depicting the horrors of war by women from Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and South Africa. Textile artists (mostly women) throughout the world have responded to the terror of 20th-century war by incorporating images of war into works produced with traditional methods: Hmong embroiderers created storycloths depicting the plight of unarmed refugees confronted with modern military might; Afghan rug weavers replaced traditional motifs with images of tanks, machine pistols and AK-47s; and Peruvian appliques picture soldiers beating peasants. These textiles encompass powerful contradictions: individual artistry versus community aesthetics; global versus local impacts of war; individual versus universal experience; and assumptions of folk arts as unchanging, rural, and complacent. Many of the artists still live in countries marked by recent conflict and some are refugees who have resettled in the United States. "Weavings of War" stands as an eloquent and powerful testimony of the impact of modern warfare in our world and the relevancy and resilience of folk arts in contemporary life. The exhibition provides an opportunity to examine our existing notions of not only traditional arts in general but also the role of traditional arts in cultures rent by armed conflict, social upheaval, and displacement. Among the contributors are curator Ariel Zeitlin Cooke, consulting curator/folklorist Marsha MacDowell, historian James Young, and folklorist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.
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