Fashioning Africa
Subtitle: Power and the Politics of Dress (African Expressive Cultures)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780253216892
Subjects: Customs & folklore; Social & cultural anthropology; Art; Ethnic Issues; Africa - General; Beauty & Grooming - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Fashion; Africa; Clothing and dress; Political aspects; Symbolic aspects; Women's clothing
First sentence: Dress has historically been used as one of the most important and visually immediate markers of class, status, and ethnicity in East African coastal society.