DRESS, TEXTILES & IDENTITY OF BLACK TAI OF LOEI PROVINCE, NORTHEAST   STUDIES IN THE MATERIAL CULTURES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA NO. 13 SERIES: EDITOR:MICHAEL C. HOWARD   By : Amantea, Franco   (Bangkok, 2009)   108 pp., 40 pp. illus. in col, 215 x 295 mm,, pbk  Weight  0.500 Kg   Code :  E22633     Price :  US$27.00 Order book click....
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Amantea, Franco; Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand examines the contemporary role of traditional and tradition-based Black Tai textiles and dress as material and symbolic representations of Black Tai ethnic and socio-cultural identity. The analysis of textiles and ethnic dress reveals that dress and textiles serve a crucial role in ethnic and cultural continuity among the Black Tai peoples. Although a number of types of traditional textiles have been lost due to acculturation and commercialization, textiles continue to figure prominently in the religious beliefs and practices of the Tai Dam as well as serving as markers of status, functioning to promote cultural and social cohesion, and more recently serving as a means of economic development.