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craftsmen
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fabric workers
family life
generational
historical
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japanese culture
japanese fashion
kimono
kyoto
life history
life story
manufacturers
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relationships
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textile workers
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weavers
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520228184
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2003
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. These families of manufacturers, weavers, and other craftspeople centered in the Nishijin weaving district of Kyoto have practiced their demanding craft for generations. In recent decades, however, as a result of declining markets for kimono, they find their livelihood and pride harder to sustain. This book is a poignant exploration of a vanishing world. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation. Hareven uses her knowledge of textile workers' lives in the United States and Western Europe to show how striking similarities in weavers' experiences transcend cultural differences. These very rich personal testimonies, taken over a decade and a half, provide insight into how these men and women have juggled family and work roles and coped with insecurities. Readers can learn firsthand how weavers perceive their craft and how they interpret their lives and view the world around them.
With rare immediacy, The Silk Weavers of Kyoto captures a way of life that is rapidly disappearing.
Tamara K. Hareven (1937-2002) was Unidel Professor of Family Studies and History at the University of Delaware. She was founder and co-editor of The History of the Family: an International Quarterly, and her earlier books include Families, History, and Social Change (2000), Family Time and Industrial Time (1982; 1993), and the groundbreaking Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory City (1978; 1995).
