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Kreamer - Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar - 9780295981963 - KMK0014226
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Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar

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Description for Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar Paperback. A fascinating story of the people and history of Madagascar. Editor(s): Kreamer, Christine Mullen; Fee, Sarah. Num Pages: 208 pages, 112 illus., 68 in color. BIC Classification: 1HSM; AFW; JHBT; JHMC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930. Clean copy with minor shelf wear

In 1886, Queen Ranavalona III of the African island nation of Madagascar offered U.S. President Grover Cleveland two striking handwoven silk textiles. The American government later reciprocated with an autographed photographic portrait of the president. Although on the surface a straightforward diplomatic exchange, the objects used--and the ideas behind them--reveal a wealth of information about the culture and history of Madagascar, and its relations with the West.

The essays in Objects as Envoys contextualize and explain the broader significance of this exchange, deftly interweaving discussions of cloth production, international diplomacy, and popular representations of Madagascar and the Malagasy people ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295981963
SKU
KMK0014226
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Kreamer
Christine Mullen Kreamer is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Sarah Fee , a research collaborator at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, has been conducting field research on weaving and social life in Madagascar since 1988 and is co-founder of the Tandroy Ethnographic Museum in Berenty, Madagascar. Other contributors include Zina Andrianarivelo, ... Read more

Reviews for Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar
"Drawing on museum collections and diplomatic correspondence in Madagascar, the US, and Europe, the authors—anthropologists and experts with diplomatic backgrounds—of these five essays focus on Malagasy textiles as gifts that build relationships among sovereigns, their subjects, and outsiders."
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"Objects as Envoys is handsomely laid out and richly illustrated with beautiful figures of textiles, photographs, postcards, and paintings..A ... Read more

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