Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool : Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal /
Andrewes, Janet,
Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool : Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal / Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal Janet Andrewes. - 1 online resource. - African Social Studies Series ; 7 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - African Social Studies Series ; 7. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9789047406402 9789004141070
10.1163/9789047406402 DOI
Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
Diola (African people)--Clothing--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
Diola (African people)--Social life and customs.--Senegal--Casamance River Valley
Human body--Social aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
DT549.45.D56
391/.089/9632
Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool : Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal / Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal Janet Andrewes. - 1 online resource. - African Social Studies Series ; 7 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - African Social Studies Series ; 7. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9789047406402 9789004141070
10.1163/9789047406402 DOI
Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
Diola (African people)--Clothing--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
Diola (African people)--Social life and customs.--Senegal--Casamance River Valley
Human body--Social aspects--Senegal--Casamance River Valley.
DT549.45.D56
391/.089/9632