The Dress of Women
Subtitle: A Critical Introduction to the Symbolism and Sociology of Clothing
Contributors: Michael R. Hill (Editor); Mary Jo Deegan (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: October 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780313312700
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs; Social theory; Women's studies; Dress And Costume; Sociology Of Women; Social Science; Sociology; Popular Culture - General; Social Psychology; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Customs & Traditions; Women's Studies - General; 1860-1935; Costume; Gilman, Charlotte Perkins,; Methodology; Philosophy; Symbolic aspects
First sentence: THE MOTIVES which underlie the wide variations of human costume are reducible to a few main lines of causation.