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Tailoring identities : craft, technology, and style in Benin, West Africa / Elizabethh Ann Fretwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fretwell, Elizabeth Ann, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tailoring--Benin.
- Tailoring.
- Clothing and dress--Benin.
- Clothing and dress.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2026.
- Biography/History:
- Elizabeth Ann Fretwell is Assistant Professor of African History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Tailoring Identities
- Wrapped and Draped: Making Clothing in the Dahomey Kingdom
- Fitting Changes: The Sartorial Economy and the Tailored Silhouette
- Tailoring Men: Mobility, Modernity, and Men's Fashions in the Era of Independence
- The Material Culture of Expertise: Artisanal Ways of Knowing, Apprenticeship, and the Professionalization of Craft
- Feminizing the Craft: The Urban Workshop, Woman's Space, and Respectable Dress
- Conclusion: Tailoring in the Twenty-First Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fretwell, Elizabeth Ann. Tailoring identities.
- ISBN:
- 9780253075369
- 025307536X
- 9780253075376
- 0253075378
- Publisher Number:
- 40033182537
- CIPO000349507
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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