The functions of folk costume in Moravian Slovakia / Petr Bogatyrev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogatyrev, Petr, 1893-1971, author.

Series:

Approaches to semiotics ; 5.

Approaches to semiotics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 12 Taf.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

The Hague ; Paris : Mouton, [1971]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the English Edition / Bogatyrev, Petr

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Petr Bogatyrev and Structural Ethnography / Ogibenin, Boris L.

1. Introduction

2. The Structural Interrelationship of Costume Functions

3. 'Holiday', 'Ceremonial' and 'Ritual'

4. Multiple Functions of Costume Parts When Combined With Others

5. Transition of Costume from Everyday Through Ritual Stages and the Functional Changes Involved

6. Occupational Dress in a Given Community

7. Distinctions in Wealth and Social Status as Shown in Costume

8. The Magical Function of Costume

9. Regionalistic and Nationalistic Functions of Costume

10. An Example of an Analysis by the Functional Method of the Disappearance of a Costume

11. Functions of Costume Which Indicate the Religious Affiliation of the Wearer

12. Functions Indicating the Wearer's Age and Marital Status

13. The Headwear of Unwed Mothers

14. The Erotic Function of Costume

15. The Function of Children's Costume

16. Costume as a Sign

17. The Function of Everyday Costume

18. The Interdependence of Form and Function in Costume: A Change in Costume as a Change in the Whole Structure of Life

19. The General Function (The Function of the Structure of Functions) - 'Our Costume'

20. The Interdependence of the Functional Structure and the Individual Functions. The Functional Method Expands the Subject Matter of Ethnography. Conclusion

21. The Structural-Functional Method in the Study of Village Buildings, Farm Implements and Other Items of Material Culture, as Well as Folklore (Magic, Folk Tales, Songs, Incantations, etc.)

Glossary

Illustrations

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110877762

3110877767

OCLC:

1024046717