Clothing and difference : embodied identities in colonial and post-colonial Africa

Clothing and difference : embodied identities in colonial and post-colonial Africa /

This volume examines the dynamic relationship between the body, clothing, and identity in sub-Saharan Africa and raises questions that have previously been directed almost exclusively to a Western and urban context. Unusual in its treatment of the body surface as a critical frontier in the productio...

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Other Authors: Hendrickson, Hildi, 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 19th century.
Clothing and dress > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 20th century.
Clothing and dress > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Psychological aspects.
Human body > Social aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Identity (Psychology) > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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