Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

McKinley, Catherine E.

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ISBN 10: 1608195880 ISBN 13: 9781608195886

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2012

Riassunto

Brimming with rich, electrifying tales of the precious dye and its ancient heritage, Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley is the descendant of a clan of Scots who wore indigo tartan; Jewish "rag traders"; a Massachusetts textile factory owner; and African slaves-her ancestors were traded along the same Saharan routes as indigo, where a length of blue cotton could purchase human life. McKinley's journey in search of beauty and her own history leads her to the West African women who dye, trade, and wear indigo-women who unwittingly teach her that buried deep in the folds of their cloths is all of destiny and the human story.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Catherine E. McKinley is the author of The Book of Sarahs. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she has taught creative nonfiction, and a former Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa. She lives in New York City.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608195880
• ISBN 13: 9781608195886
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 235
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile