Dress and ethnicity : change across space and time
Author
Additional Author(s)
Eicher, Joanne B.
Publisher
Oxford: Berg, 1995
Language
English
ISBN
9781847881342
Series
Subject(s)
CLOTHING AND DRESS
ETHNIC COSTUME
ETHNICITY
Notes
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Abstract
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.
