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Book SynopsisThe first work to survey dress around the world, covering consumption, ethnicity, gender and the body, as well as anthropological accounts and studies of representation. The book also examines international western style dress, headwear, ethnicity, traditional dress, alternative' dressing, and T-shirts as markers of identity. -- .
Table of ContentsFrontispiece Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Captions Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Theorising Global Dress 2. Dress and Global Sameness 3. Political Dress 4. Ethnic Dress or Fashionably ‘Ethnic’? 5. Style and Communication 6. Headwear: Negotiating Meaning 7. What’s the Alternative? 8. Clothing: Is there a Responsible Choice? Bibliography Index
