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

Contributor(s): Arthur, Linda B
Material type: TextTextSeries: Dress, body, culture: Publisher: Oxford [England] : Berg, 1999Description: xiii, 203 pages : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1859732976 (pbk.); 1859732925Subject(s): Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects | Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- United States | Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- United StatesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Dress and the social control of the body / Linda B. Arthur -- The social control of women's bodies in two Mennonite communities / Beth Graybill and Linda B. Arthur -- Sacred dress, public worlds: Amish and Mormon experiences and commitment / Jean A. Hamilton and Jana Hawley -- Polynesian cultural center and the Mormon 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 and 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West GT605 .R45 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902196555

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dress and the social control of the body / Linda B. Arthur -- The social control of women's bodies in two Mennonite communities / Beth Graybill and Linda B. Arthur -- Sacred dress, public worlds: Amish and Mormon experiences and commitment / Jean A. Hamilton and Jana Hawley -- Polynesian cultural center and the Mormon 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 and 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.

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