Dress and gender : making and meaning in cultural contexts / edited by Ruth Barnes and Joanne B. Eicher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnes, Ruth, 1924-

Eicher, Joanne Bubolz.

Series:

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 2.

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costume--Sex differences--Cross-cultural studies.

Costume.

Costume--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Costume--Social aspects.

Cross-cultural studies.

Costume--Sex differences.

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berg : Distributed exclusively in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1992.

Summary:

Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume addresses the relationship between gender and dress, opening up fascinating aspects by covering a great variety of ethnographic areas reaching from Asia, Europe and Africa to North and South America. The time span is equally wide-ranging and offers present-day material as well as studies based on historical data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0854967206 :

OCLC:

23694139