Author : Carol Mattingly
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780809324286
Mattingly (U. of Louisville) has written extensively about women's history. Women in 19th-century America, she says, were identified as feminine primarily by their dress and location. She explores how women speakers used appearance to negotiate expectations restricting them to limited locations and excluding them from public rhetoric. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Patricia Jeffery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 22,37 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136051589
Appropriating Gender explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded to religious nationalist appeals; contrary to the hopes of religious nationalists, they have also asserted their gender, class, caste, and religious identities; contrary to the hopes of nation states, they have often challenged state policies and practices. Through a comparative South Asia perspective, Appropriating Gender explores the varied meanings and expressions of gender identity through time, by location, and according to political context. The first work to focus on women's agency and activism within the South Asian context, Appropriating Gender is an outstanding contribution to the field of gender studies.
Author : Giorgio Riello
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 35,21 MB
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1108643523
This is the first global history of dress regulation and its place in broader debates around how human life and societies should be visualised and materialised. Sumptuary laws were a tool on the part of states to regulate not only manufacturing systems and moral economies via the medium of expenditure and consumption of clothing but also banquets, festivities and funerals. Leading scholars on Asian, Latin American, Ottoman and European history shed new light on how and why items of dress became key aspirational goods across society, how they were lobbied for and marketed, and whether or not sumptuary laws were implemented by cities, states and empires to restrict or channel trade and consumption. Their findings reveal the significance of sumptuary laws in medieval and early modern societies as a site of contestation between individuals and states and how dress as an expression of identity developed as a modern 'human right'.
Author : Coreen Mary Spellman
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN :
Author : Liz Bucar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,23 MB
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0674987039
Liz Bucar navigates the thorny terrain of religious appropriation, from yoga classes to non-Muslims who signal allyship by donning hijabs. Exploring the ethics of alleged appropriations, Bucar argues that borrowing isn’t itself a problem, as long as we are invested in our enthusiasms—committed to understanding their roots and diverse meanings.
Author : Mary-Loving Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN :
Author : Eternity Martis
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0771062192
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful, moving memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus. A booksmart kid from Toronto, Eternity Martis was excited to move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the few Black students there, she soon discovered that the campus experiences she'd seen in movies were far more complex in reality. Over the next four years, Eternity learned more about what someone like her brought out in other people than she did about herself. She was confronted by white students in blackface at parties, dealt with being the only person of colour in class and was tokenized by her romantic partners. She heard racial slurs in bars, on the street, and during lectures. And she gathered labels she never asked for: Abuse survivor. Token. Bad feminist. But, by graduation, she found an unshakeable sense of self--and a support network of other women of colour. Using her award-winning reporting skills, Eternity connects her own experience to the systemic issues plaguing students today. It's a memoir of pain, but also resilience.
Author : Patricia Anne Cunningham
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780879725075
The subjects of the essays in this book range from looking at the ever changing means of specific garments and clothing practices of subcultural groups to examining dress as a reflection of changing life styles in American culture. The essays also examine fashions, fads, and popular images. Dress and Popular Culture hopes to shed new light on popular culture through a study of the associations of dress to culture.
Author : John T. Molloy
Publisher :
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Grooming for men
ISBN : 9780446819237
Author : Dawnn Karen
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0316530980
Harness the power of your wardrobe to achieve your dreams with this timely take on personal style from a world-renowned fashion psychologist. You may get dressed every day without really thinking about what you're putting on, but did you know that what you wear has a powerful effect on how you feel? Or that your clothes influence the way others perceive you? By making a few adjustments to your wardrobe, and learning to style from the inside out, you'll not only elevate your look, but level up your entire life. Dawnn Karen is a pioneer in the field of fashion psychology, and she has spent years studying the relationship between attire and attitude. In Dress Your Best Life she goes far beyond well-known makeover advice, pushing you to ask yourself: Are my clothing choices hurting me or helping me to achieve my life goals? Her book will help you discover your unique style story, become a smarter shopper, use color to your advantage, match moods to clothing choices, and embrace new or different standards of beauty. This knowledge is a power that you'll exercise every time you open your closet door or walk into an important meeting in just the right outfit. Packed with practical tips and cutting-edge advice, Dress Your Best Life will teach you to harness the power of fashion for the life you want to live.
