Spinning Lives

This is a study of the artistic production of textiles and songs in RoÁa Grande, a village in the Jequitinhonha River Valley of Minas Gerais state in Brazil. The author interprets metaphors of textiles, songs and oral narratives to suggest how cultural and semantic fields are created, negotiated and transformed in the lives of individuals and in the actuality of their social experiences.

About the author

By Luciana A. Bittencourt

Summary

A study of the artistic production of textiles and songs in Roca Grande, a village in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Different methods are used to interpret the metaphors of textiles, songs and oral narratives to suggest how cultural and semantic fields are created and maintained.

Product details

• Authors: Luciana A Bittencourt, Luciana A. Bittencourt, Luciana Aguiar Bittencourt
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.1995
• EAN: 9780761801214
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-0121-4
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 221 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, Brazil, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Rural communities / rural life