Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donald Clay Johnson; Helen Bradley Foster |
| ISBN: | 9781845206925 1845206924 9781845206932 1845206932 |
| OCLC Number: | 145554537 |
| Description: | xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Sight, sound, and sentiment in Greek village dress / Linda Welters -- More than costume history : dress in Somali culture / Heather Marie Akou -- Dress, Hungarian socialism, and resistance / Katalin Medvedev -- Clothes make the empire : British dress in India / Donald Clay Johnson -- African American enslavement and escaping in disguise / Helen Bradley Foster -- Role of scents and the body in Turkey / Marlene R. Breu -- Awakening the senses : the aesthetics of Moroccan Berber dress / Cynthia Becker -- Power of touch : women's waist beads in Ghana / Suzanne Gott -- Indian Madras plaids as real India / Sandra Lee Evenson -- Performing dress and adornment in Southeastern Nigeria / Sarah Adams -- Women, migration, and the experience of dress / Mary A. Littrell and Jennifer Paff Ogle -- Handmade, textiles : global markets and authenticity / Victoria L. Rovine -- Growing old and dressing (Dis) gracefully / Annette Lynch, M. Elise Radina, and Marybeth C. Stalp -- Embodying the feminine : male-to-female cross-dressing / Jane E. Hegland and Nancy Nelson Hodges -- Virtual sensation : dress online / Suzanne Loker and Susan P. Ashdown. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Donald Clay Johnson and Helen Bradley Foster. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Explores the importance of the senses and emotions in the way people dress, and how they attach value and significance to clothing. This work features essays that present historical, contemporary and global views, from British imperial dress in India, to revolutionary Socialist dress. It offers a different perspective on this topic.
Read more...
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Dress sense : emotional and sensory experiences of the body and clothes".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(4)
- Clothing and dress -- Psychological aspects.
- Clothing and dress -- History.
- Emotions.
- Senses and sensation.
User lists with this item (1)
- april(110 items)
by paul.buschmann@hogent.be updated 2011-11-10
