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Author Hulsbosch, Marianne.

Title Pointy shoes and pith helmets : dress and identity construction in Ambon from 1850 to1942 / Marianne Hulsbosch.

Publication Info. Brill, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal Land, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "KITLV."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236).
Contents Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: A Short History; Chapter 2: Disciplined Dress; Chapter 3: Dominating Dress; Chapter 4: Mirroring Dress; Chapter 5: Communicative Dress; Epilogue; Chapter References; Image References; Glossary; Interview Register; Bibliography.
Summary In Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets Marianne Hulsbosch uses extensive research and firsthand accounts to describe intricate dress and adornment systems of the Ambonese people from the Central Maluku Islands of Indonesia, during the last century of Dutch colonial rule.
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Subject Clothing and dress -- Indonesia -- Ambon.
Clothing and dress.
Indonesia -- Ambon.
Moluccans -- Clothing.
Moluccans.
Moluccans -- Clothing -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Moluccans -- Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity.
National characteristics, Indonesian.
National characteristics, Indonesian.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
Other Form: Print version: Hulsbosch, Marianne. Pointy shoes and pith helmets. Brill, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Koninklyk Instituut Voor Taal Land, 2014 9789067183390
ISBN 9004260811 (electronic book)
9789004260818 (electronic book)
9789067183390 (hardback)
9067183393 (hardback)