Making Kantha, Making Home: Women at Work in Colonial Bengal
Document Type
Book
Role
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
In Bengal, mothers swaddle their infants and cover their beds in colorful textiles that are passed down through generations. They create these kantha from layers of soft, recycled fabric strengthened with running stitches and use them as shawls, covers, and seating mats. Making Kantha, Making Home explores the social worlds shaped by the Bengali kantha that survive from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the first study of colonial-period women’s embroidery that situates these objects historically and socially, Pika Ghosh brings technique and aesthetic choices into discussion with iconography and regional culture.
Suggested Citation
Ghosh, P. (2020). Making Kantha, Making Home: Women at Work in Colonial Bengal (University of Washington Press).
