Embroidering lives : women's work and skill in the Lucknow embroidery industry / Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber.

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Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M

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TextSeries: SUNY series in the anthropology of workPublication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 239 pages) : illustrations, 3 mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585089086
9780585089089
9780791440872
0791440877
9780791440889
0791440885

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Embroidering lives.DDC classification:

331.4/874644/09542 21

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HD6073.T42 I483 1999eb

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Contents:

Chapter 1 Chikan in Historical Context 1 -- Chapter 2 The Division of Labor 25 -- Chapter 3 Embroiderers in Social Perspective 59 -- Chapter 4 Work and Wages 87 -- Chapter 5 Skill and Knowledge in Fine Chikan Embroidery 123 -- Chapter 6 Development Schemes and State Patronage 157.

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Portions of the text have previously been published by the journal Ethnology, Volume 36(1), Winter 1997, p. 49-65.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.

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