Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool

Dress and Demeanour in the South of Senegal
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-14107-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: African Social Studies Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrewes, Janet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Janet Andrewes has a Ph.D. (2001) in Cultural Anthropology from the Free University of Amsterdam. With a background in fashion and dressmaking, she has worked for the last twenty years with another form of communication - language - as translator and editor.