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Costume : Performing Identities through Dress /

What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Shukla, Pravina, 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Special Clothing for Extraordinary Contexts; 1 FESTIVE SPIRIT: Carnival Costume in Brazil; 2 HERITAGE: Folk Costume in Sweden; 3 PLAY: The Society for Creative Anachronism; 4 REENACTMENT: Reliving the American Civil War; 5 LIVING HISTORY: Colonial Williamsburg; 6 ART: Costume and Collaboration on the Theater Stage; CONCLUSION: Costume as Elective Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.