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Wedding Dress across Cultures
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Wedding Dress across Cultures

by Helen Bradley Foster, Donald Clay Johnson. 227 pgs.

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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
List of Illustrations vii
Contributors ix
Introduction Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson 1
1 Something Plain and Simple? Unpacking Custom-made Wedding Dresses from Western Canada (1950–1995) Kathryn Church 5
2 Satin Dresses and Caribou Kamiks: Negotiation of Tradition in Northern Alaskan Iñupiaq Weddings Cyd Martin 23
3 Packaged in Japan: Elite Weddings in Osaka Masami Suga 39
4 Korean Wedding Dress from the Chosun Dynasty (1392–1910) to the Present Na Young Hong 53
5 Marriage and Dowry Customs of the Rabari of Kutch: Evolving Traditions Eiluned Edwards 67
6 Pragmatism and Enigmas: the Panetar and Gharcholu Saris in Gujarati Weddings Donald Clay Johnson 85
7 Swazi Bridal Attire: Culture, Traditions and Customs Lombusa S. Khoza and Laura Kidd 93
8 Gender, Identity and Moroccan Weddings: The Adornment of the Ait Khabbash Berber Bride and Groom Cynthia Becker 105
9 An Athenian Wedding, Year 2000 Helen Bradley Foster 123
10 An Historic Perspective of English and Soviet Bridalwear between 1917 and 1960 Janice Mee and Irina Safronova 141
11 He Gave her Sandals and She Gave Him a Tunic: Cloth and Weddings in the Andes Lynn A. Meisch 157
12 Slavic Wedding Customs on Two Continents Patricia Williams 173
13 Always Remembering the Motherland: Tai Dam Wedding Textiles and Dress Elyse Demaray and Melody Keim-Shenk 191
14 The American Groom wore a Celtic Kilt: Theme Weddings as Carnivalesque Events Theresa M. Winge and Joanne B. Eicher 207
Index 219
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