The visible self
Subtitle: global perspectives on dress, culture, and society
By: Joanne B. Eicher, Sandra Lee Evenson, Hazel A. Lutz.
Contributors: Evenson, Sandra Lee.; Lutz, Hazel A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Fairchild Publications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Clothing and dress.; Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.; Clothing and dress -- Psychological aspects.; Fashion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-431) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The systematic study of dress; title: Readings for part 1. The baths / Alev Lytle Croutier; title: Body ritual among the Nacirema / Horace Miner; title: Eurocentrism in the study of ethnic dress / Suzanne Baizerman, Joanne B. Eicher, Catherine Cerny; title: Many disciplines, many rewards : Inuit clothing research / Betty Kobayashi Issenman; title: Dress as a reflection and sustainer of social reality : a cross-cultural perspective / Jean A. Hamilton, James W. Hamilton; title: Pt. 2. Physical appearance, environment, and dress; title: Readings for part 2. Pressure of menswear on the neck in relation to visual performance / Leonora M. Langan and Susan M. Watkins; title: Innerskins/outerskins : gut and fishskin / Pat Hickman; title: Pt. 3. Scales of culture and dress; title: Readings for part 3. Gaa̕nda scarification : a model for art and identity / Marla C. Berns; title: They don't wear wigs here / Barbara A. Schreier; title: Court, formal and everyday dress during the late Chi̕ng dynasty / A.C. Scott; title: Transnational biographies and local meanings : used clothing practices in Lusaka / Karen Tranberg Hansen; title: Pt. 4. Art, aesthetics, and dress; title: Readings for part 4. The aesthetics of men's dress of the Kalabari of Nigeria / Tonye V. Erekosima, Joanne B. Eicher; title: The sweetness of fat : health, procreation, and sociability in rural Jamaica / Elisa J. Sobo; title: Scruffy is badge of pride, but some physicists long for cool / Malcolm W. Browne; title: Signature style : falling off the fashion train with Frida, Georgia and Louise / Jo Ann C. Stabb; title: Pt. 5. Dress and the future; title: Reading for part 5. Cosmic couture / Elizabeth Snead.