Dress sense : emotional and sensory experiences of the body and clothes / edited by Donald Clay Johnson and Helen Bradley Foster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Donald Clay, 1940-

Foster, Helen Bradley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Psychological aspects.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress--History.

History.

Emotions.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

xii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.

Summary:

Dress Sense explores the importance of the senses and emotions in the way people dress, and how they attach value and significance to clothing. Inspired by the work of Joanne B. Eicher, contributors offer different multi-disciplinary perspectives on this key and unexplored topic in dress and sensory anthropology.

The essays present historical, contemporary and global views, from British Imperial dress in India, to revolutionary Socialist dress. Issues of body and identity are brought to the fore in the sexual power of Ghanian women's waistbeads, the way cross-dressers feel about their clothing, and how the latest three-dimensional body-scanning technology affects people's perception of themselves and their bodies.

For students and researchers of dress and anthropology, Dress Sense will be invaluable in understanding the cross-cultural, emotional and sensual experience of dress and clothing.

Contents:

Part I Historical Perspectives

1 Sight, Sound, and Sentiment in Greek Village Dress / Linda Welters 7

2 More than Costume History: Dress in Somali Culture / Heather Marie Akou 16

3 Dress, Hungarian Socialism, and Resistance / Katalin Medvedev 23

4 Clothes Make the Empire: British Dress in India / Donald Clay Johnson 35

5 African American Enslavement and Escaping in Disguise / Helen Bradley Foster 47

Part II Living Traditions

6 The Role of Scents and the Body in Turkey / Marlene R. Breu 60

7 Awakening the Senses: The Aesthetics of Moroccan Berber Dress / Cynthia Becker 72

8 The Power of Touch: Women's Waist Beads in Ghana / Suzanne Gott 84

9 Indian Madras Plaids as Real India / Sandra Lee Evenson 96

10 Performing Dress and Adornment in Southeastern Nigeria / Sarah Adams 109

Part III Challenging Traditions

11 Women, Migration, and the Experience of Dress / Mary A. Littrell, Jennifer Paff Ogle 121

12 Handmade Textiles: Global Markets and Authenticity / Victoria L. Rovine 133

13 Growing Old and Dressing (Dis)Gracefully / Annette Lynch, M. Elise Radina, Marybeth C. Stalp 144

Part IV The Future

14 Embodying the Feminine: Male-to-Female Cross-dressing / Jane E. Hegland, Nancy Nelson Hodges 156

15 Virtual Sensation: Dress Online / Suzanne Loker, Susan P. Ashdown 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845206925

1845206924

9781845206932

1845206932

OCLC:

145554537

Online:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description