ISBN:
0822396378
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9780822396376
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 268 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Body, commodity, text
Parallel Title:
Print version Clothing and difference
DDC:
391.009
Keywords:
Identity (Psychology)
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Clothing and dress History 19th century
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Human body Social aspects
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Clothing and dress History 20th century
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Clothing and dress Psychological aspects
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Clothing and dress ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; History ; 19th century..
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Clothing and dress ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; History ; 20th century..
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Clothing and dress ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Psychological aspects..
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Human body ; Social aspects ; Africa, Sub-Saharan..
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Identity (Psychology) ; Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Hildi Hendrickson -- I. Creating Social Identities -- 1. Virginity Cloths and Vaginal Coverings in Ekiti, Nigeria - Elisha P. Renne -- 2. "I Dress in This Fashion": Transformations in Sotho Dress and Women's Lives in a Sekhukhuneland Village, South Africa - Deborah James -- 3. Mediating Threads: Clothing and the Texture of Spirit/Medium Relations in Bori (Southern Niger) - Adeline Masquelier -- II. Challenging Authority -- 4. Female "Alhajis" and Entrepreneurial Fashions: Flexible Identities in Southeastern Nigerian Clothing Practice - Misty L. Bastian -- 5. Dressing at Death: Clothing, Time, and Memory in Buhaya, Tanzania - Brad Weiss -- III. Intercultural Relations and the Creation of Value -- 6. Dressed to "Shine": Work, Leisure, and Style in Malindi, Kenya - Johanna Schoss -- 7. "Sunlight Soap Has Changed My Life": Hygiene, Commodification, and the Body in Colonial Zimbabwe - Timothy Burke -- 8. Bodies and Flags: The Representation of Herero Identity in Colonial Namibia - Hildi Hendrickson -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Virginity cloths and vaginal coverings in Ekiti, Nigeria
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"I dress in this fashion" : transformations in Sotho dress and womens's lives in a Sekhukhuneland village, South Africa
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Mediating threads : clothing and the texture of spirit/medium relations in Bori (Southern Niger)
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Female "Alhajis" and entrepreneurial fashions : flexible identities in Southeastern Nigerian cloth practice
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Dressing at death : clothing, time and memory in Buhaya, Tanzania
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Dressed to "shine" : work, leisure and style in Malindi, Kenya
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"Sunlight soap has changed my life" : hygiene commodification, and the body in colonial Zimbabwe
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Bodies and flags : the representation of Herero identity in Colonial Namibia
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Electronic reproduction
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822396376?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822396376
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