Author: Barnes, Ruth ; & Eicher, Joanne Bubolz ; editors:
Title: Dress and Gender : Making and Meaning in Cultural Contexts
Description: Providence / Oxford, Berg, (1993). orig.wrappers. 22x14cm, viii,293 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Series: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Women, Vol. 2. Contains 16 papers. Includes: Women as Headhunters: The Making & Meaning of Textiles in a Southeast Asian Context; Cut & Sewn: The Textiles of Social Organization in Thailand; Purse-Proud: Of Betel & Areca Nut Bags in Laboya (West Sumba, Eatsern Indonesia); Gender Boundaries in the Production of Guatemalan Textiles; Quilted Apparel & Gender Identity: An American Case Study; Lacemaking in Venetian Culture; Pachamama: The Inka Earth Mother of the Long Sweeping Garment; Kalabari Dress in Nigeria: Visual Analysis & Gender Implications; The Singificance of Dress for Orthodox Hindu Women; etc.

Keywords: Anthropology of Costume, Dress, Fashion, Textiles, Sociology, Ethnology, Ethnography, Gender,