| Undressing Religion: Commitment and Conversion from a Cross-Cultural Perspective Contributor(s): Arthur, Linda B. (Editor), Eicher, Joanne B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1859734804 ISBN-13: 9781859734803 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: From Islam to Confucianism to Voodoo, dress plays a pivotal role in religious expression. This book investigates how dress symbolically evidences both religious and social systems across a wide range of cultures - from Africa and South America to Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Caribbean. In some of these cultures, dress is part of a system of social control. Gender issues feature prominently since the control of female sexuality is often of great importance to the world's religions. Members of each ethno-religious group actively construct their own lives, and use dress symbolically. A central tenet for many of these groups is that the soul is visually manifested on the body through dress. Drawing on rich ethnographic case studies, this wide-ranging and interdisciplinary volume represents a major contribution to the study of both religion and dress. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 391.008 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Series: Dress, Body, Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Islam to Confucianism to Voodoo, dress plays a pivotal role in religious expression. This book investigates how dress symbolically evidences both religious and social systems across a wide range of cultures - from Africa and South America to Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Caribbean. In some of these cultures, dress is part of a system of social control. Gender issues feature prominently since the control of female sexuality is often of great importance to the world's religions. Members of each ethno-religious group actively construct their own lives, and use dress symbolically. A central tenet for many of these groups is that the soul is visually manifested on the body through dress. Drawing on rich ethnographic case studies, this wide-ranging and interdisciplinary volume represents a major contribution to the study of both religion and dress. |
Contributor Bio(s): Arthur, Linda B.: - Linda B. Arthur is a Professor and Department Chair, Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, Washington State University. Eicher, Joanne B.: - Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body Culture (Bloomsbury); Author, Editor, Co-Editor, The Visible Self, (Fairchild); Dress and Gender (Berg); Dress and Ethnicity (Berg); Beads and Beadmakers (Berg); Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride (National Geographic); a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books. |