Clothing Matters Dress and Identity in India

Name: Clothing Matters Dress and Identity in India
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ISBN: 9780226789767

ISBN-10: 0226789764

ISBN-13: 9780226789767

Edition: 1996

Authors: Emma Tarlo

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What do I wear today? The way we answer this question says much about how we manage and express our identities. This detailed study examines sartorial style in India from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how trends in clothing are related to caste, level of education, urbanization, and a larger cultural debate about the nature of Indian identity. Clothes have been used to assert power, challenge authority, and instigate social change throughout Indian society. During the struggle for independence, members of the Indian elite incorporated elements of Western style into their clothes, while Gandhi's adoption of the loincloth symbolized the rejection of European power and…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Glossary of Foreign Words


Abbreviations


Preface: Reflections on a Portrait



Introduction: The Problem of What to Wear



Searching for a Solution in the late Nineteenth Century



Gandhi and the Recreation of Indian Dress



Is Khadi the Solution?



Questions of Dress in a Gujarati Village



Some Brahman Dilemmas



Some Peasant Dilemmas (Kanbi and Kharak)



Some Pastoralist (Bharwad) and Scheduled caste (Harijan) Dilemmas



Fashion Fables of an Urban Village



Dressing for Distinction: A Historical Review Postscript: A Return Visit to India, 1993-1994


Bibliography


Index