{"product_id":"silhouettes-of-the-soul-9781350285675","title":"Silhouettes of the Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief? What bearing do religious and political belonging, respectability, and resistance have on the way in which we dress? Why have more traditional religious practices been so prescriptive about body adornment? Historically, fashionable dress and religion have been positioned as polar opposites. \u003ci\u003eSilhouettes of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e brings them together, placing them in conversation with each other. By moving beyond traditional, social scientific, and historical analysis of religious attire and adornment the book presents a variety of disciplinary approaches from across regional, social, and religious locations.Contentious and challenging, as well as academically rigorous, the book''s diverse range of contributors - from fashion and religious studies scholars, to designers, activists, monastics, and journalists - explore the relationship between religion and fashion, extending the meani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting and refreshing take on the relationship between religion and fashion through an exploration of “deep dress.” \u003ci\u003eSilhouettes of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond the Christo-centrism prominent in the study of religious dress to highlight a diverse range of religions and religious people from queer Buddhist monks to the Muslim modest fashion movement to religious robes in ancient India. This is a great book for students of fashion and curious readers alike. * Kayla Wheeler, Xavier University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative volume challenges readers to question assumptions about religion and ecclesiastical fashion as dress reflects new conceptions of spirit, distinguishing religious innovators from past beliefs and practices. * Elisha P. Renne, University of Michigan, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis volume draws together scholars from diverse disciplinary homes to offer concepts and frames to help our understanding of the role of clothing in theological constructions, devotional practices, and cultivation of the self, as well as the broader aesthetics of concealment of the human form. * Liz Bucar, Northeastern University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  List of Contributors   Introduction Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA)  \u003cb\u003eSection One: Interfacing the Divine\u003c\/b\u003e   Section One Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA)  1. The Future Body as Ultimate Dress  Fiona Dieffenbacher (Parsons School of Design, USA)  2. No One Can Tell: On the Silent Glamour of Meher Baba  Nicola Masciandaro (Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA)  3. Embodiments of Shakti: Cosmic Power Displayed by Kumaris, Incarnate Goddesses of Nepal Liz Wilson (Miami University of Ohio, USA)  4. Interview with Kodo Nishimura  Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Mark Larrimore (The New School, USA)   \u003cb\u003eSection Two: Practices of Emulation and Transformation\u003c\/b\u003e  Section Two Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA)  5. Naked or Nude? Reading the Threads, the Bare and the Threadbare in Ancient Indian Religion  Joseph Walser (Tufts University, USA)  6. Empowered Entrepreneurs: Women of Muslim Faith and the Modest Fashion Movement in the U.S.  Hassanah  El-Yacoubi (University of California Riverside, USA)  7. Fashioning the Subject: Black Queerness, Identity, and an Ethic of Honor  Benae Beamon (Bucknell University, USA)  8. From the Medieval Christ to Fashion’s Heroin Chic: The Sublime Emulation of the Emaciated Paradigm in Secular and Religious Iconography  Tanya White (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)  9. In and Out of One Another’s Closets: A Dialogue  Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) with Shekinah Morrison (University of Central Florida, USA)  \u003cb\u003eSection Three: The Radiance of the Concealed\u003c\/b\u003e  Section Three Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA)  10. Making Islamic Masculinities: Clothing Traditions in African American Islam  Michael Muhammad Knight (University of Central Florida, USA)  11. Holly Woodlawn, Trash Queen: Queer Agency and Resistance in the Pursuit of Glamour  Jared Vázquez (University of Denver, USA)  12. Fashioning A Glamour: Magical Embodiment in Contemporary Witchcraft  Kristen J. Sollée (The New School, USA)  13. Interview with Damcho  Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA)  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742434132311,"sku":"9781350285675","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350285675.jpg?v=1758384932","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/silhouettes-of-the-soul-9781350285675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}