Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

Michael Bellomo said Mis-marketing at its worst. I have nothing personal against Ms. McKinley, but I suspect the reason this book has 60+ reviews and her other two books have only 1 or "Mis-marketing at its worst" according to Michael Bellomo. I have nothing personal against Ms. McKinley, but I suspect the reason this book has 60+ reviews and her other two books have only 1 or 2 is due to the deceptive marketing of this particular work. Buyer beware: the book's cover description, 'In Search of the Color that Seduced the World', leads one to assume that the main subject of the book will actually be about the color indigo's historical legacy and manufacture. Additionally, clicking on the sam. is due to the deceptive marketing of this particular work. Buyer beware: the book's cover description, 'In Search of the Color that Seduced the World', leads one to assume that the main subject of the book will actually be about the color indigo's historical legacy and manufacture. Additionally, clicking on the sam. "My first insight into world history through cloth !" according to Raven Moore. Unfortunately, Catherine McKinley’s “Indigo” is another one of those books that could go grossly overlooked because it’s informative. Truly her search for indigo revealed the severe tie between cloth and world history everywhere.A reader will get much more than the story of indigo in the world of textiles. In this narrative ethnography, full of desire and color, the reader will be introduced to the Nigerian medical doctor who . Poetic Journey into Self and Subject I read Catherine McKinley's "Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World" not knowing quite what to expect. I knew it was a memoir and a searching, but didn't know it was also deep research into Africa and the history and context of African textiles and culture.To me this is the PERFECT kind of memoir or story. It combines very personal passions and uncertainties along with a deep and lived experience. Because Ms. McKinley was doing a kind

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.. 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