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

 
9781859734803: Undressing Religion: Commitment and Conversion from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
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ISBN 10 : 1859734804 ISBN 13 : 9781859734803
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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

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Éditeur
Berg Publishers
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1859734804
ISBN 13 
9781859734803
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Éditeur
Arthur Linda B.
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