Undressing Religion: Commitment and Conversion from a Cross-Cultural Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1859734758 ISBN 13 : 9781859734759

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda B. Arthur is Professor and Department Chair, Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, Washington State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859734758
• ISBN 13: 9781859734759
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Arthur Linda B.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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