Fashioning Africa : power and the politics of dress /
Everywhere in the world there is a close connection between the clothes we wear and our political expression. To date, few scholars have explored what clothing means in 20th-century Africa and the diaspora. In Fashioning Africa, an international group of anthropologists, historians, and art historia...
| Други автори: | Allman, Jean Marie. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Серия: |
African expressive cultures.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=147027 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Fashioning Africa. |
| Резюме: |
Everywhere in the world there is a close connection between the clothes we wear and our political expression. To date, few scholars have explored what clothing means in 20th-century Africa and the diaspora. In Fashioning Africa, an international group of anthropologists, historians, and art historians bring rich and diverse perspectives to this fascinating topic. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, these essays expl. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0253111048 9780253111043 9780253216892 0253216893 9780253344151 0253344158 |