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Wedding Dress across Cultures

by Helen Bradley Foster, Donald Clay Johnson

Pages: 227

Contributors: Helen Bradley Foster,Donald Clay Johnson

Publisher: Berg

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 2003

Subjects: Wedding Costume--Cross-Cultural Studies

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dress, Body, Culture

Contents

List of Illustrations

Contributors

Introduction

References

1: Something Plain and Simple? Unpacking Custom-Made Wedding Dresses from Western Canada (1950–1995)

Notes

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2: Satin Dresses and Caribou Kamiks: Negotiation of Tradition in Northern Alaskan Iñupiaq Weddings

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3: Packaged in Japan: Elite Weddings in Osaka

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4: Korean Wedding Dress from the Chosun Dynasty (1392–1910) to the Present

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5: Marriage and Dowry Customs of the Rabari of Kutch: Evolving Traditions

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6: Pragmatism and Enigmas: the “panetar” and “gharcholu” Saris in Gujarati Weddings

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7: Swazi Bridal Attire: Culture, Traditions and Customs

Notes

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8: Gender, Identity and Moroccan Weddings: the Adornment of the Ait Khabbash Berber Bride and Groom

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9: An Athenian Wedding Year 200

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10: An Historic Perspecitve of English and Soviet Bridalwaer between 1917 and 1960

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11: He Gave Her Sandals and She Gave Him a Tunic: Cloth and Weddings in the Andes

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12: Slavic Wedding Customs on Two Continents

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13: Always Remembering the Motherland: Tai Dam Wedding Textiles and Dress

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14: The American Groom Wore a Celtic Kilt: Theme Wedding as Carnivalesque Events

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Index

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