Ethnic Dress in the United States
Ethnic Dress in the United States

Author: Annette Lynch

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0759121508

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The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing artifacts documented here have been or are now regularly worn by Americans as everyday clothing, fashion, ethnic or religious identifiers, or style statements. They embody the cultural history of the United States and its peoples, from Native Americans, white Anglo colonists, and forcibly relocated black slaves to the influx of immigrants from around the world. Entries consider how dress items may serve as symbolic linkages to home country and family or worn as visible forms of opposition to dominant cultural norms. Taken together, they offer insight into the ethnic-based core ideologies, myths, and cultural codes that have played a role in the formation and continued story of the United States.

Ethnic Dress
Ethnic Dress

Author: Frances Kennett

Publisher: Checkmark Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780816031368

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Arranged by region of the world, illustrates contemporary native folk costume, from the complex embroidery found on Scandinavian decorative dresses to the various styles of face veils worn by Middle Eastern women

Ethnic Dress in the United States
Ethnic Dress in the United States

Author: Annette Ferne Lynch

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780759121485

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The clothes we wear tell stories about us--and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing artifacts documented here have been or are now regularly worn by Americans as everyday clothing, fashion, ethnic or religious identifiers, or style statements. They embody the cultural history of the United States and its peoples, from Native Americans, white Anglo colonists, and forcibly relocated black slaves to the influx of immigrants from around the world. Entries consider how dress items may serve as symbolic linkages to home country and family or worn as visible forms of opposition to dominant cultural norms. Taken together, they offer insight into the ethnic-based core ideologies, myths, and cultural codes that have played a role in the formation and continued story of the United States.

Ethnic Style
Ethnic Style

Author: Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter

Publisher: Editions Assouline

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 9782843232909

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Describes traditional and ceremonial clothing and jewelry from around the world.

Ethnic Dress
Ethnic Dress

Author: Costume Society of America. Meeting and Symposium

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Encyclopedia of National Dress [2 volumes]
Encyclopedia of National Dress [2 volumes]

Author: Jill Condra

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-04-09

Total Pages: 1446

ISBN-13:

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This two-volume set presents information and images of the varied clothing and textiles of cultures around the world, allowing readers to better appreciate the richness and diversity of human culture and history. The contributors to Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World examine clothing that is symbolic of the people who live in regions all over the world, providing a historical and geographic perspective that illustrates how people dress and explains the reasons behind the material, design, and style. The encyclopedia features a preface and introduction to its contents. Each entry in the encyclopedia includes a short historical and geographical background for the topic before discussing the clothing of people in that country or region of the world. This work will be of great interest to high school students researching fashion, fashion history, or history as well as to undergraduate students and general readers interested in anthropology, textiles, fashion, ethnology, history, or ethnic dress.

Dress and Ethnicity
Dress and Ethnicity

Author: Joanne B. Eicher

Publisher: Berg

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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From African-American women's headwraps to beauty pageants in Swaziland, this absorbing book explores ethnicity through the frequently noticed but less often analyzed human phenomenon of dress. The authors -- ethnographers, folklorists, and textile scholars -- present case studies from around the world to illustrate their different theoretical frameworks and assumptions. In considering how the body is modified and supplemented they discuss not only garments and accessories but also hairstyles and cosmetics.

Clothing and Textile Collections in the United States
Clothing and Textile Collections in the United States

Author: Sally Queen

Publisher: Costume Society of America

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13:

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"This Costume Society of America guide to clothing and textile collections in the United States lists 2,604 collections whose holdings include general clothing, costumes, uniforms, accessories, banners, flags, quilts. Entries include extended descriptions of holdings for more than 800 collections and black and white photographs for 245 collections"--Provided by publisher.

Calico Dresses and Buffalo Robes
Calico Dresses and Buffalo Robes

Author: Katherine Krohn

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761380523

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What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West? It depends on who you were! For example, Native Americans made clothing from rabbit fur, deerskins, buffalo hides, and plant fibers. They decorated their clothing with beads, porcupine quills, fringe, and feathers. However, cowboy gear included leather chaps, boots, and bandanas. Cowboys used their tall, wide-brimmed hats for protection from sun and rain and sometimes to carry water. Read more about fashions of the Old West—from buckskins to sunbonnets to sombreros—in this fascinating book!

Clothing Matters
Clothing Matters

Author: Emma Tarlo

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1996-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780226789767

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What do I wear today? The way we answer this question says much about how we manage and express our identities. This detailed study examines sartorial style in India from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how trends in clothing are related to caste, level of education, urbanization, and a larger cultural debate about the nature of Indian identity. Clothes have been used to assert power, challenge authority, and instigate social change throughout Indian society. During the struggle for independence, members of the Indian elite incorporated elements of Western style into their clothes, while Gandhi's adoption of the loincloth symbolized the rejection of European power and the contrast between Indian poverty and British wealth. Similar tensions are played out today, with urban Indians adopting "ethnic" dress as villagers seek modern fashions. Illustrated with photographs, satirical drawings, and magazine advertisements, this book shows how individuals and groups play with history and culture as they decide what to wear.