ASIAN 4487

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ASIAN 4487
Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia

Course information provided by the 2020-2021 Catalog.

This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be seen to enter into all phases of social, economic, political, religious, and performance processes, often assuming unusual properties and attributes. As bearers of talismanic messages, signifiers of rank, and as the recipients of influences from maritime trade and touristic demand, textiles are read between the folds of complex exchange mechanisms in South and Southeast Asia.


Course Attribute (EC-SAP, EC-SEAP)

Distribution Category (CA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GB)

Course Subfield (SC)

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Syllabi: none

  • 16923 ASIAN 4487   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020

    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online

    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

  • 20271 ASIAN 4487   SEM 102

  •  
    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020

    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online