Department of Anthropology
Clare Wilkinson-Weber
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Position: Assistant Professor Office: VMMC 102C Phone: 360-546-9574  Biographical sketchI received a BA in Anthropology from Durham University, England, and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. My book, Embroidering Lives: Women’s Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry, was published by SUNY Press in 1999. Published articles on craft, film costume and the social transformation of costume production in popular Hindi film have appeared in Ethnology, Visual Anthropology Review, and Anthropological Quarterly. At WSU Vancouver I regularly teach classes on the Global Arts and Media, History of Anthropological Theory, and the Anthropology of Language. ResearchMy research interests are based in India and include dress, fashion, and the social processes of film production, with special focus on questions of the co-option of commodities in media industries, the making of film costume, and fashion and performance in film. Comparative research in North American industries is also a part of my work. CoursesAnth 301 Arts and Media in Global PerspectiveAnth 350 Speech, Thought and Culture Anth 390 History of Anthropological Theory Research projects
Selected publications
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| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 1999. Embroidering Lives: Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry. State University of New York Press. |
Articles
| — | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M IP. A need for redress: costume in some recent Hindi film remakes. |
| — | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M IP. From commodities to costume: production consumption in the making of Bollywood film looks. |
| Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2006. The Dressman's Line: Transforming the Work of Costumers in Popular Hindi Film. Anthropological Quarterly, 79, 4. | |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2005. Tailoring Expectations: How film costumes become the audience's clothes. South Asian Popular Culture: Special Issue on Bollywood Audiences, 3(2), 135-160. |
| — | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2004. Behind the Seams: Designers and Tailors in Popular Hindi Cinema. Visual Anthropology Review, 20,2, 3-21. |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2004. Women, work and the imagination of craft in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia, 13,3, 287-306. |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2001. Gender, Handicrafts, and Development in Pakistan: A critical review. Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies, 8,2, 91-104. |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 1997. Skill, Dependency, and Differentiation: Artisans and Agents in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry. Ethnology, 36,1, 49-65. |
Chapters
| — | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M IP. Diverting Denim: The Ecology of Jeans in Popular Hindi Film,. in Global Denim, Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward, eds. Berg Publishers. |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2009. Costume in the films of Bimal Roy. In : R. Bhattacharya (ed) The Man Who Spoke in Pictures: Bimal Roy. Penguin India. |
| LNK | Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M 2003. “Textiles: Embroidery,” and “Swadeshi" in South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia, Margaret Mills, Peter Claus, and Sarah Diamond, eds. Routledge. |
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