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Wedding dress across cultures / edited by Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson - xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Dress, body, culture . - Dress, body, culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index

-- Something plain and simple? unpacking custom-made wedding dresses from western Canada (1950-1995) -- Satin dresses and caribou kamiks: negotiation of tradition in northern Alaskan Iñupiaq weddings -- Packaged in Japan: elite weddings in Osaka -- Korean wedding dress from the Chosun dynasty (1392-1910) to present -- Marriage and dowry customs of the Rabari of Kutch: evolving traditions -- Pragmatism and enigmas: the Panetar and Gharcholu saris in Gujarati weddings -- Swazi bridal attire: culture, traditions and customs -- Gender, identity and Moroccan weddings: the adornment of the Ait Kabbash Berber bride and groom -- An Athenian wedding, year 2000 -- An historic perspective of English and Soviet bridalwear between 1917 and 1960 -- He gave her sandals and she gave him a tunic: cloth and weddings in the Andes -- Slavic wedding customs on two continents -- Always remembering the motherland: Tai Dam wedding textiles and dress -- The American groom wore a Celtic kilt: theme weddings as carnivalesque events / Kathryn Church / Cyd Martin / Masami Suga / Na Young Hong / Eiluned Edwards / Donald Clay Johnson / Lombusa S. Khoza and Laura Kidd / Cynthia Becker / Helen Bradley Foster / Janice Mee and Irina Safronova / Lynn A. Meisch / Patricia Williams / Elyse Demaray and Melody Keim-Shenk / Theresa M. Winge and Joanne B. Eicher

"This engaging book examines the evolution and ritual functions of wedding attire within the context of particular cultures. It raises questions as to the relationship between contemporary wedding attire and traditional values. It discusses the changes international migrations have had upon the wedding dress of several ethnic groups. It provides insights into numerous societal relationships to weddings, such as the ban on bridal-produced embroidery in her dowry in India, the challenges individual values have to larger societal ones in themed weddings, and the return to pre-western attire in an attempt to make a political identification of a group. Exploring these issues, the authors provide unusual insights into the centrality of dress in shaping individual identity as well as its importance in reflecting cultural values and ideals."--Jacket

ISBN: 1859737420 9781859737422 1859737471 9781859737477

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Wedding costume--Cross-cultural studies

LC Class. No.: GT1752 / .W43 2003

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