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Book SynopsisConsiders 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 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;
