Clothing Matters Dress and Identity in India
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Publish date: 06/01/1996
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Acknowledgements Glossary of Foreign Words Abbreviations Preface: Reflections on a Portrait 1: Introduction: The Problem of What to Wear 2: Searching for a Solution in the late Nineteenth Century 3: Gandhi and the Recreation of Indian Dress 4: Is Khadi the Solution? 5: Questions of Dress in a Gujarati Village 6: Some Brahman Dilemmas 7: Some Peasant Dilemmas (Kanbi and Kharak) 8: Some Pastoralist (Bharwad) and Scheduled caste (Harijan) Dilemmas 9: Fashion Fables of an Urban Village 10: Dressing for Distinction: A Historical Review Postscript: A Return Visit to India, 1993-1994 Bibliography Index
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