ISBN:
9781350179936
,
9781350179929
,
9781350285675
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (193 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Dress Cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
391
Keywords:
Clothing and dress Social aspects
;
Clothing and dress Religious aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief? What bearing do religious and political belonging, respectability, and resistance have on the way in which we dress? Why have more traditional religious practices been so prescriptive about body adornment? Historically, fashionable dress and religion have been positioned as polar opposites. Silhouettes of the Soul brings them together, placing them in conversation with each other. By moving beyond traditional, social scientific, and historical analysis of religious attire and adornment the book presents a variety of disciplinary approaches from across regional, social, and religious locations. Contentious and challenging, as well as academically rigorous, the book's diverse range of contributors - from fashion and religious studies scholars, to designers, activists, monastics, and journalists - explore the relationship between religion and fashion, extending the meanings and possibilities of both dress and spirituality. Combining interviews and personal stories with more traditional theoretical analysis, Silhouettes of the Soul offers new ways of looking at the relationship between religion, personal convictions, and self-expression - our sense of self and our sense of fashion."--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) -- Section One: Interfacing the Divine / Section One Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA). 1. The Future Body as Ultimate Dress / Fiona Dieffenbacher (Parsons School of Design, USA) ; 2. No One Can Tell: On the Silent Glamour of Meher Baba / Nicola Masciandaro (Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA) ; 3. Embodiments of Shakti: Cosmic Power Displayed by Kumaris, Incarnate Goddesses of Nepal / Liz Wilson (Miami University of Ohio, USA) ; 4. Interview with Kodo Nishimura / Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Mark Larrimore (The New School, USA) -- Section Two: Practices of Emulation and Transformation / Section Two Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA). 5. Naked or Nude? Reading the Threads, the Bare and the Threadbare in Ancient Indian Religion / Joseph Walser (Tufts University, USA) ; 6. Empowered Entrepreneurs: Women of Muslim Faith and the Modest Fashion Movement in the U.S. / Hassanah El-Yacoubi (University of California Riverside, USA) ; 7. Fashioning the Subject: Black Queerness, Identity, and an Ethic of Honor / Benae Beamon (Bucknell University, USA) ; 8. From the Medieval Christ to Fashion's Heroin Chic: The Sublime Emulation of the Emaciated Paradigm in Secular and Religious Iconography / Tanya White (Ryerson University, Canada) ; 9. In and Out of One Another's Closets: A Dialogue / Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) with Shekinah Morrison (University of Central Florida, USA) -- Section Three: The Radiance of the Concealed / Section Three Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) . 10. Making Islamic Masculinities: Clothing Traditions in African American Islam / Michael Muhammad Knight (University of Central Florida, USA) ; 11. Holly Woodlawn, Trash Queen: Queer Agency and Resistance in the Pursuit of Glamour / Jared Vázquez (University of Denver, USA) ; 12. Fashioning A Glamour: Magical Embodiment in Contemporary Witchcraft / Kristen J. Sollée (The New School, USA) ; 13. Interview with Damcho / Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) -- Index.
DOI:
10.5040/9781350179936
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350179936?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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