Making kantha, making home: women at work in colonial bengal
Auteur :
Ghosh, Pika
Éditeur :
University of Washington Press
ISBN :
9780295746999
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2020
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
1021 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
They create these kantha from layers of soft, recycled fabric strengthened with running stitches and use them as shawls, covers, and seating mats. Making Kantha, Making Home explores the social worlds shaped by the Bengali kantha that survive from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.