| Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning Contributor(s): Barnes, Ruth (Editor), Eicher, Joanne B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0854968652 ISBN-13: 9780854968657 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1993 Annotation: Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume addresses the relationship between gender and dress, opening up fascinating aspects by covering a great variety of ethnographic areas reaching from Asia, Europe and Africa to North and South America. The time span is equally wide-ranging and offers present-day material as well as studies based on historical data. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 391 |
| LCCN: 91015885 |
| Series: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.4" W x 8.51" (0.80 lbs) 303 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume addresses the relationship between gender and dress, opening up fascinating aspects by covering a great variety of ethnographic areas reaching from Asia, Europe and Africa to North and South America. The time span is equally wide-ranging and offers present-day material as well as studies based on historical data. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barnes, Ruth: - Ruth Barnes is at Ashmolean Museum. Eicher, Joanne B.: - Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body Culture (Bloomsbury); Author, Editor, Co-Editor, The Visible Self, (Fairchild); Dress and Gender (Berg); Dress and Ethnicity (Berg); Beads and Beadmakers (Berg); Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride (National Geographic); a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books. |