Description |
xvii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X
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Note |
"Papers originated as conference presentations at the Canadian Anthropology Society meetings held in Montreal in 1995"--Acknowledgements. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Sensible shoes / Anne Brydon -- Cultural and historical contexts of fashion / Aubrey Cannon -- Transformations in the use of traditional textiles of Ngada (Western Flores, Eastern Indonesia) : commercialization, fashion and ethnicity / Andrea K. Molnar -- Transnational commodity flows and the global phenomenon of the brand / Ian Skoggard -- Fashioning the body in post-Mao China / Xiaoping Li -- Body of art and the mantle of authority / Gordon Roe -- Breaking habits : gender, class and the sacred in the dress of women religious / Rebecca Sullivan -- A la mode : fashioning gay community in Montreal / Ross Higgins -- Tale of three Louis : ambiguity, masculinity and the bowtie / Rob Shields -- That barbie-doll look: a psychoanalysis / Jeanne Randolph. |
Subject |
Clothing and dress -- History -- 20th century.
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Clothing and dress -- Psychological aspects.
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Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
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Added Author |
Brydon, Anne.
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Niessen, S. A.
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ISBN |
1859739695 (paper) |
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1859739644 (cloth) |
Standard No. |
UKM b9951539 |
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