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Religion, dress and the body / [edited by] Linda B. Arthur.

Contributor Bradley, Linda Arthur.

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999.

Descriptionxiii, 203 p. : illus. ; 24 cm

Note:Dress and the social control of the body / Linda B. Arthur -- The social control of women's bodies in two Mennonite communities / Beth Grayhill, Linda B. Arthur -- Sacred dress, public worlds : Amish and Mormon experiences and commitment / Jean A. Hamilton, Jana Hawley -- The Polynesian Cultural Center and the Morman image of the body : images of paradise on Laie, Hawaii / Frank Salamone -- The obedient and disobedient daughters of the church : Strangite Mormon dress as a mode of control / Gayle Veronica Fischer -- Dress and interaction in contending cultures : Eastern Dakota and Euroamericans in nineteenth century Minnesota / Sandra Lee Evenson, David J. Trayte -- The African American church, its sacred cosmos, and dress / Gwendolyn S. O'Neal -- Fashion and identity of women religious / Susan O. Michelman -- The Paarda expression of Hejaab among Afghan women in a non-Muslim community / M. Catherine Daly -- Hasidic women's head-coverings : a feminized system of Hasidic distinction / Barbara Goldman Carrel -- Jewish genes, Jewish jeans : a fashionable body / Karen Anijar.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Bradley, Linda Arthur.
Series Added Entry
Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X
Subject:
Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects.
Costume -- Social aspects -- United States.
Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- United States.