Abstracts of Papers

Authors

Date of this Version

2004

Document Type

Article

Citation

Textile Society of America 9^th Biennial Symposium (2004)

Comments

Presented at “Appropriation • Acculturation • Transformation,” Textile Society of America 9^th Biennial Symposium, Oakland, California, October 7-9, 2004. Copyright 2004 Textile Society of America.

Abstract

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