| Description |
xiv, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Dress, body, culture
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cloth and conversion : Yoruba textiles and ecclesiastical dress -- "Minkisi" do not die; BaKongo cosmology in the Christian rituals of Simon Kimbangu and Simon Mpadi -- Dressing the divine horsemen : Clothing as spirit indentification in Haitian Vodou -- Christianity, cloth, and dress in the Andes -- Clothed with authority : the rationalization of Marist dress-culture -- Confucianism manifested in Korean dress from the sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries -- Islamic religion and women's dress code : the Islamic republic of Iran -- The Afghan woman's Chaadaree : an evocative religious expression? -- Sartorial entanglements of a Gujarati wife -- Veiling and unveiling : reconstructing Malay female identity in Singapore -- Continuation and change in Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Bali -- School uniforms as a symbolic metaphor for competing ideologies in Indonesia. |
| Subject |
Costume -- Religious aspects.
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Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects.
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| Added Author |
Arthur, Linda B.
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| ISBN |
1859734758 |
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1859734804 (pbk.) : L.14.99 |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA0V0590 |
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