Languages of Dress in the Middle East
1st Edition
Published on 14. July 1997
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-0-7007-0670-9 (ISBN)
Description
Considers how the languages of dress in the region connect with other social practices, and with political and religious conformity in particular. Treating cases as diverse as practices of veiling in Oman and dress reform laws in Turkey, these ethnographic studies extend from Malta to the ME and Caucasus.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7007-0670-9 (9780700706709)
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Bruce Ingham | Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper
Languages of Dress in the Middle East
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06/2014
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Bruce Ingham | Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper
Languages of Dress in the Middle East
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06/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€64.49
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Bruce Ingham | Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper
Languages of Dress in the Middle East
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07/1997
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Persons
Ingham, Bruce; Lindisfarne-Tapper, Nancy
Content
Chapter One Approaches to the Study of Dress in the Middle East, Nancy Lindisfame-Tapper, Bruce Ingham; Chapter Two Mens Dress in the Arabian Peninsula: Historical and Present Perspectives, Bruce Ingham; Chapter Three Changing the Habits of a Lifetime: The Adaptation of Hejazi Dress to the New Social Order, Mai Yamani; Chapter Four The Dress of the Shahsevan Tribespeople of Iranian Azerbaijan, Nancy Lindisfame-Tapper; Chapter Five Felt Capes and Masks of the Caucasus, Robert Chenciner; Chapter Six Male Dress in the Caucasus: with special reference to Abkhazia and Georgia, George Hewitt, Zaira Khiba; Chapter Seven Fashions and Styles: Maltese Women's Headdress, Dionisius Albertus Agius; Chapter Eight The Burqa Face Cover: An Aspect of Dress in Southeastern Arabia, Dawn Chatty; Chapter Nine Faith and Fashion in Turkey, John Norton; Chapter Ten Politics of Dress: The Dress Reform Laws of 1920/30s Iran, Patricia L. Baker;