Contemporary Cultural Anthropology

Contemporary Cultural Anthropology, 5/e examines the changes in anthropology and the world at large, providing discussions of new theories and advances in communication and technology. Because the text examines cultures from an ecological perspective, ethnographic examples illustrate how humans try to overcome the problems they face in adapting to their ever-changing surroundings.

Contemporary cultural anthropology

Politics & Social Sciences

Michael C. Howard

Anthropology

Little,Brown

Contemporary Cultural Anthropology, examines the changes in anthropology and the world at large, providing discussions of new theories and advances in communication and technology. Because the text examines cultures from an ecological perspective, ethnographic examples illustrate how humans try to overcome the problems they face in adapting to their ever-changing surroundings.

Social Sciences

Longman Higher Education

Harpercollins College Div

Maren Janette Wilson

Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers

<p>Volume 1 focuses on the speakers of Tibeto-Burma languages that are classified as Baric. These include numerous groups of Naga, Chin as well as the Mru, Jingpho, Kado, Riang, and Meithei. The majority of these peoples live in the western highlands of Burma as well as in neighboring areas of Bangladesh and India. The present work provides background on these peoples and a comprehensive survey of their textiles which includes a great deal of new information. In addition to dozens of black and white photographs and several maps, there are 96 plates with 264 color photographs.</p>

Textiles of the Highland People of Burma, Vol. 1: The Naga, Chin, Jingpho, and Other Baric-Speaking Groups (Studies in the Material Cultures of Southeast Asia, No. 7)

White Lotus

The groups included in this volume are: the Palaung, Wa, Rawang, Lisu, Akha, Karen, Shan and Hmong. The study examines textile traditions that have disappeared as well as the textiles that are being woven today by these groups. The book provides background on the history and cultures of these peoples and an extensive survey of their textiles based on numerous field studies by the author as well as on examination of museum collections and the existing literature. In addition to dozens of black and white photographs and maps, there are color plates with over 200 photographs.

Textiles of the Highland Peoples of Burma, Vol. 2: The Northern Mon-Khmer, Rawang, Upland Burmish, Lolo, Karen, Tai, and Hmong-Mien-Speaking Groups

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

White Lotus Press

<p>This works provides a comprehensive survey of Southeast Asia's ikat-patterned textiles. These include some of the most dramatic textiles from the region such as the famous warp ikat patterned textiles of Sumba along with many textiles that are of great importance to the cultural heritage of the region, such as the Tai tubeskirt cloths with weft ikat gray heron motifs and the double ikat cloths from Tenganan, Bali. The book includes a discussion of ikat techniques and the origin and diffusion of ikat in Southeast Asia. This is followed by surveys of the ikat-patterned textiles of peoples speaking Tai, Austronesian, Mon-Khmer and Tibeto-Burman languages. 296 color photographs accompany the text.</p>

From Dashes to Dragons: Ikat Patterned Textiles of South East Asia

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Textiles of the Hill Tribes of Burma

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