| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
African social studies series,
1568-1203 ;
v. 7
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African social studies series ; v. 7.
1568-1203
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and (pages 245-252) indexes. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Dress : a form of communication or a cultural tool? -- Ch. 3. The Basse Casamance in context -- Ch. 4. Samatite : balance, continuity and the working body -- Ch. 5. Santiaba : hierarchy and the performing body -- Ch. 6. M'lomp : Christianity, education and the enclosed body -- Ch. 7. Postscript : dress in the city -- Ch. 8. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"This book looks at the encounter between dress and the body. In the social sciences, dress tends to be viewed as a form of communication, a way in which the wearer gives expression to his or her ideas or situation. 'Bodywork', rather than looking at what people do with their clothes, looks at what clothes do with the wearers." "In the context of three small West African communities - Muslim, Christian and Animist - the book describes the dress styles and dress practices of the villagers and shows how a particular way of dressing influences the body's demeanour and habit. It considers thereby the role played by dress in the enculturation of the body."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Diola (African people) -- Clothing -- Senegal -- Casamance River Valley.
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Diola (African people) |
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Clothing and dress. |
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Senegal. |
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Senegal -- Casamance River Valley. |
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Diola (African people) -- Senegal -- Casamance River Valley -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects -- Senegal -- Casamance River Valley.
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Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects. |
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Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Human body -- Social aspects -- Senegal -- Casamance River Valley.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
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Casamance River Valley (Senegal) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Andrewes, Janet. Bodywork, dress as cultural tool. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2004057060 |
| ISBN |
9781429429122 (electronic book) |
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1429429127 (electronic book) |
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9789004141070 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004141073 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781433704246 (electronic book) |
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1433704242 (electronic book) |
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9004141073 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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