TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andrewes,Janet
TI  - Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool: Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal 
T2  - African Social Studies Series
SN  - 9789047406402
AV  - DT549.45.D56 
U1  - 391/.089/9632 23
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Symbolic aspects
KW  - Senegal
KW  - Casamance River Valley
KW  - Diola (African people)
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Human body
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047406402
ER  -