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The Valkyries Loom
Author | : Michèle Hayeur Smith |
Publsiher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2023-01-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813072777 |
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Using textiles to understand gender and economy in Norse societies In The Valkyries’ Loom, Michèle Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the ninth century AD. While previous researchers have overlooked textiles as insignificant artifacts, Hayeur Smith is the first to use them to understand gender and economy in Norse societies of the North Atlantic. This groundbreaking study is based on the author’s systematic comparative analysis of the vast textile collections in Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands, materials that are largely unknown even to archaeologists and span 1,000 years. Through these garments and fragments, Hayeur Smith provides new insights into how the women of these island nations influenced international trade by producing cloth (vaðmál); how they shaped the development of national identities by creating clothing; and how they helped their communities survive climate change by reengineering clothes during the Little Ice Age. She supplements her analysis by revealing societal attitudes about weaving through the poem “Darraðarljoð” from Njál’s Saga, in which the Valkyries—Óðin’s female warrior spirits—produce the cloth of history and decide the fates of men and nations. Bringing Norse women and their labor to the forefront of research, Hayeur Smith establishes the foundation for a gendered archaeology of the North Atlantic that has never been attempted before. This monumental and innovative work contributes to global discussions about the hidden roles of women in past societies in preserving tradition and guiding change.
The Valkyries Loom
Author | : Michèle Hayeur Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Textile fabrics |
ISBN | : 0813058775 |
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In 'The Valkyries' Loom', Michle Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the ninth century AD. While previous researchers have overlooked textiles as insignificant artifacts, Hayeur Smith is the first to use them to understand gender and economy in Norse societies of the North Atlantic. This groundbreaking study is based on the author's systematic comparative analysis of the vast textile collections in Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands, materials that are largely unknown even to archaeologists and span 1,000 years.
The Warp weighted Loom
Author | : Marta Hoffmann |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Hand weaving |
ISBN | : IND:30000121027829 |
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Women s Work The First 20 000 Years Women Cloth and Society in Early Times
Author | : Elizabeth Wayland Barber |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1995-09-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780393285581 |
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"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book Review New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods—methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric.
The Book of Looms
Author | : Eric Broudy |
Publsiher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Handlooms |
ISBN | : 0874516498 |
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A heavily illustrated classic on the evolution of the handloom is now reissued in a handy paper edition.
Backstrap Weaving
Author | : Barbara Taber,Marilyn Anderson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1975-01-01 |
Genre | : Hand weaving |
ISBN | : 0273009036 |
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Prehistoric Textiles
Author | : E. J.W. Barber |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 069100224X |
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This monograph attempts to revise present ideas of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using linguistic techniques as well as methods from palaeobiology, it demonstrates that spinning and pattern-weaving existed far earlier than has been supposed.
Viking Clothing
Author | : Thor Ewing |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : IND:30000107498226 |
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Contrary to popular myth, the Vikings had a reputation for neatness and their fashions were copied far beyond the realms of Scandinavia. Those who could afford to displayed a love of fine clothes made from silks, from lightweight worsteds in subtly woven twills, and from the finest of linens. This accessible new book is the first to tackle the question of what the Vikings wore, drawing on evidence from art and archaeology, literature, and linguistics to arrive at a fresh understanding of the nature of Viking clothing, covering rich and poor, men and women across Scandinavia. It includes an overview of Viking textiles and dyeing, and an exploration of cloth production and clothing in the context of Viking society as a whole, as well as a detailed consideration of both male and female outfits and a new interpretation of the suspended dress.