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Bodywork, dress as cultural tool : dress and demeanor in the south of Senegal / by Janet Andrews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrewes, Janet.
- Series:
- African social studies series ; v. 7.
- African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diola (African people)--Clothing--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
- Diola (African people).
- Diola (African people)--Senegal--Casamance River Valley--Social life and customs.
- Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Human body--Social aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
- Human body.
- Casamance River Valley (Senegal)--Social life and customs.
- Casamance River Valley (Senegal).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book looks at the encounter between dress and the body. In the social sciences, dress tends to be viewed as a form of communication, a way in which the wearer gives expression to his or her ideas or situation. 'Bodywork', rather than looking at what people do with their clothes, looks at what clothes do with the wearers. In the context of three small West African communities - Muslim, Christian and Animist - the book describes the dress styles and dress practices of the villagers and shows how a particular way of dressing influences the body's demeanour and habit. It considers thereby the role played by dress in the enculturation of the body.
- Contents:
- CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO DRESS: A FORM OF COMMUNICATION OR A CULTURAL TOOL?; CHAPTER THREE THE BASSE CASAMANCE IN CONTEXT; CHAPTER FOUR SAMATITE: BALANCE, CONTINUITY AND THE WORKING BODY; CHAPTER FIVE SANTIABA: HIERARCHY AND THE PERFORMING BODY; CHAPTER SIX M'LOMP: CHRISTIANITY, EDUCATION AND THE ENCLOSED BODY; CHAPTER SEVEN POSTSCRIPT: DRESS IN THE CITY; CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and (p. [245]-252)indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-86720-5
- 9786610867202
- 1-4294-2912-7
- 90-474-0640-0
- 1-4337-0424-2
- OCLC:
- 667037828
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047406402 DOI
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