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 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
Ethnic Dress

Author: Costume Society of America. Meeting and Symposium

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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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.

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.

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.