The visible self : global perspectives on dress, culture, and society

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The visible self : global perspectives on dress, culture, and society

Joanne B. Eicher, Sandra Lee Evenson, Hazel A. Lutz

Fairchild Publications, c2000

2nd ed.

Available at  / 2 libraries

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-431) and index

Contents of Works

  • Pt. 1. The systematic study of dress
  • Readings for part 1. The baths / by Alev Lytle Croutier
  • Body ritual among the Nacirema / by Horace Miner
  • Eurocentrism in the study of ethnic dress / by Suzanne Baizerman, Joanne B. Eicher and Catherine Cerny
  • Many disciplines, many rewards : Inuit clothing research / by Betty Kobayashi Issenman
  • Dress as a reflection and sustainer of social reality : a cross-cultural perspective / by Jean A. Hamilton and James W. Hamilton
  • Pt. 2. Physical appearance, environment, and dress
  • Readings for part 2. Pressure of menswear on the neck in relation to visual performance / by Leonora M. Langan and Susan M. Watkins
  • Innerskins/outerskins : gut and fishskin / by Pat Hickman
  • Pt. 3. Scales of culture and dress
  • Readings for part 3. Ga̕anda scarification : a model for art and identity / by Marla C. Berns
  • They don't wear wigs here / by Barbara A. Schreier
  • Court, formal and everyday dress during the late Ch̕ing dynasty / by A.C. Scott
  • Transnational biographies and local meanings : used clothing practices in Lusaka / by Karen Tranberg Hansen
  • Pt. 4. Art, aesthetics, and dress
  • Readings for part 4. The aesthetics of men's dress of the Kalabari of Nigeria / by Tonye V. Erekosima and Joanne B. Eicher
  • The sweetness of fat : health, procreation, and sociability in rural Jamaica / by Elisa J. Sobo
  • Scruffy is badge of pride, but some physicists long for cool / by Malcolm W. Browne
  • Signature style : falling off the fashion train with Frida, Georgia and Louise / by Jo Ann C. Stabb
  • Pt. 5. Dress and the future
  • Reading for part 5. Cosmic couture / by Elizabeth Snead

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