The Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society

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Preface Acknowledgments PART I: THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF DRESS Chapter 1 The Classification System of Dress Chapter 2 Dress, Culture, and Society Chapter 3 Records of the Types of Dress Chapter 4 Written Interpretations of Dress Readings for Part I I.1 The Baths by Alev Lytle Croutier I.2 Body Ritual among the Nacirema by Horace Miner I.3 Eurocentrism in the Study of Ethnic Dress by Suzanne Baizerman, Joanne B. Eicher, and Catherine Cerny I.4 Many Disciplines, Many Rewards: Inuit Clothing Research by Betty Kobayashi Issenman I.5 Dress as a Reflection and Sustainer of Social Reality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Jean A. Hamilton and James W. Hamilton PART II: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, ENVIRONMENT, AND DRESS Chapter 5 Physical Appearance and Dress Chapter 6 Body, Dress, and Environment Readings for Part II II.1 Pressure of Menswear on the Neck in Relation to Visual Performance by Leonora M. Langan and Susan M. Watkins II.2 Innerskins/Outerskins: Gut and Fishskin by Pat Hickman PART III: SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS OF WORLD CULTURE AND DRESS Chapter 7 Commercial Sociocultural Systems and Dress Chapter 8 Tribal Sociocultural Systems Chapter 9 Imperial Sociocultural Systems and Dress Readings for Part III III.1 Ga'anda Scarification: A Model for Art and Identity by Marla C. Berns III.2 They Don't Wear Wigs Here by Barbara A. Schreier III.3 Clothed to Rule the Universe by John E. Vollmer III.4 Helping or Hindering: Controversies around the International Second-Hand Clothing Trade by Karen Tranberg Hansen PART IV: ART, AESTHETICS, AND DRESS Chapter 10 The Art of Creating Dress Chapter 11 Ideals for Individual Appearance and the Art of Dress Chapter 12 The Art of Dress: Conformity and Individuality Chapter 13 Dress and the Arts Readings for Part IV IV.1 The Aesthetics of Men's Dress of the Kalabari of Nigeria by Tonye V. Erekosima and Joanne B. Eicher IV.2 The Sweetness of Fat: Health, Procreation, and Sociability in Rural Jamaica by Elisa J. Sobo IV.3 Scruffy Is Badge of Pride, but Some Physicists Long for Cool by Malcolm W. Browne IV.4 Signature Style: Falling Off the Fashion Train with Frida, Georgia and Louise by Jo Ann C. Stabb Bibliography Credits for Figures Index

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