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Women's Work - the First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber (1994, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393035069
ISBN-139780393035063
eBay Product ID (ePID)157393
Product Key Features
Book TitleWomen's Work-The First 20000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Civilization, Textile & Costume
Publication Year1994
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, History
AuthorElizabeth Wayland Barber
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight23.2 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN93-047924
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal305.4367709
SynopsisTwenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing clothing created from spun fibers. In Women's Work, archaeologist-linguist Elizabeth Wayland Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, ethnology and documented history into a rich tapestry" (John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review), illuminating the vital role women held in pre-industrial societies. With a distinctive and innovative approach to ancient remains, Barber examines ancient textiles from Stone Age string skirts and ancient Egyptian sleeved tunics to intricate Neolithic Swiss linens and colorfully patterned Minoan dresses, offering us captivating glimpses into the daily lives of women through the cloth they made and wore., 2500 years ago, the women of Athens slaved at home, virtual prisoners of their husbands, expected to provide the cloth and clothing for their family. 4000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a very different picture: respectable women were in business, weaving textiles at home to be sold abroad for gold and silver. Going back even further, 20,000 years ago women began making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibres. Indeed, for over 20,000 years, until the Industrial Revolution, the arts of weaving belonged primarily to women and were the principal vehicle for demonstrating their various roles as mother, provider, worker, entrepreneur and artist.
LC Classification NumberGN799.T43B37 1994
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