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OverviewAlthough these styles continue to be identifiable, particularly in massed dancing at national festivals, Zulu beadwork is increasingly eclectic and much of it is directed at the fast growing external market which now provides beadworkers with both a welcome source of personal income and a continuing stimulus to personal creativity. Zulu Beadwork tells the fascinating and important story of this transformation, and of the major players who were instrumental in bringing it about. Continuity and change in Zulu beadwork. Important collections of Zulu beadwork. Speaking with beads: Zulu 'Love Letters'. Bead making, bead messages and meaning. Expanding beadwork frontiers post 1980. Zulu beadwork for the new millennium. Zulu beadwork and Zulu and South African identity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eleanor Preston-WhytePublisher: Publishing Print Matters Imprint: Publishing Print Matters Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm ISBN: 9780987029300ISBN 10: 0987029304 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 16 October 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContinuity and change in Zulu beadwork; in praise of the Lord: new wine in old Wineskins; speaking with beads: Zulu bead making, bead colours, messages and meaning; new beadwork frontiers; Zulu bead sculptures: the African Art Centre in the 1970s and 1980ReviewsAuthor InformationEleanor Preston-Whyte is a social anthropologist whose interest in Zulu beadwork dates from the 1960s when she undertook ethnographic research in the burgeoning craft markets that were beginning to line the highways to the north and south of the city of Durban. She is the author of a number of publications on the role of craftwork in informal money making and, in particular, on the part it has played in enabling Zulu women to build their own homes and educate generations of black children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |