ISBN:
0253111536
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9780253111531
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 264 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
DDC:
391
Keywords:
Clothing and dress Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Nudity Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Hygiene Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Bathing customs Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Human body Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Vêtements Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Nudité Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Hygiène Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Bains Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Corps humain Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Bains Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Bathing customs Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Clothing and dress Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Corps humain Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Human body Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Hygiene Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Hygiène Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Nudity Congresses
;
Social aspects
;
Nudité Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Vêtements Congrès
;
Aspect social
;
Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
While there is widespread interest in dress and hygiene as vehicles of cultural, moral, and political value, little scholarly attention has been paid to cross-cultural understandings of dirt and undress, despite their equally important role in the fashioning of identity and difference. The essays in this absorbing and thought-provoking collection contribute new insights into the neglected topics of bodily treatments and transgressions. In detailed ethnographic studies from around the world, the contributors recast assumptions about filth and nakedness, exploring how various forms of transgre
Note:
Papers originally presented at a panel entitled "The Politics of Dirt and Nudity in Africa" held at the 2000 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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