Dress and ethnicity: change across space and time

From African-American women's headwraps to beauty pageants in Swaziland, this absorbing book explores ethnicity through the frequently noticed but less often analyzed human phenomenon of dress. The authors - ethnographers, folklorists, and textile scholars - present case studies from around the...

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Main Author: Eicher, Joanne Bubolz (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Berg 1995
Series:Berg ethnic identities series
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Online Access:DE-523
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Summary:From African-American women's headwraps to beauty pageants in Swaziland, this absorbing book explores ethnicity through the frequently noticed but less often analyzed human phenomenon of dress. The authors - ethnographers, folklorists, and textile scholars - present case studies from around the world to illustrate their different theoretical frameworks and assumptions. In considering how the body is modified and supplemented they discuss not only garments and accessories but also hairstyles and cosmetics
Item Description:Online-Ausgabe erschienen bei Bloomsbury Fashion Central: 2021
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 306 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781847881342
DOI:10.2752/9781847881342

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