Description |
xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Dress, body, culture |
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Dress, body, culture.
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Contents |
Something plain and simple? unpacking custom-made wedding dresses from western Canada (1950-1995) / Kathryn Church -- Satin dresses and caribou kamiks: negotiation of tradition in northern Alaskan Iñupiaq weddings / Cyd Martin -- Packaged in Japan: elite weddings in Osaka / Masami Suga -- Korean wedding dress from the Chosun dynasty (1392-1910) to present / Na Young Hong -- Marriage and dowry customs of the Rabari of Kutch: evolving traditions / Eiluned Edwards -- Pragmatism and enigmas: the Panetar and Gharcholu saris in Gujarati weddings / Donald Clay Johnson -- Swazi bridal attire: culture, traditions and customs / Lombusa S. Khoza and Laura Kidd -- Gender, identity and Moroccan weddings: the adornment of the Ait Kabbash Berber bride and groom / Cynthia Becker -- An Athenian wedding, year 2000 / Helen Bradley Foster -- An historic perspective of English and Soviet bridalwear between 1917 and 1960 / Janice Mee and Irina Safronova -- He gave her sandals and she gave him a tunic: cloth and weddings in the Andes / Lynn A. Meisch -- Slavic wedding customs on two continents / Patricia Williams -- Always remembering the motherland: Tai Dam wedding textiles and dress / Elyse Demaray and Melody Keim-Shenk -- The American groom wore a Celtic kilt: theme weddings as carnivalesque events / Theresa M. Winge and Joanne B. Eicher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Wedding costume -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Added Author |
Foster, Helen Bradley.
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Johnson, Donald Clay, 1940-
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ISBN |
1859737420 |
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9781859737422 |
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1859737471 paper |
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9781859737477 paper |
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