Clothing Matters
Dress and Identity in India

382 pages
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90 halftones, 36 line drawings
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7 x 10
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© 1996
Contents
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Foreign Words
Abbreviations
Preface: Reflections on a Portrait
1: Introduction: The Problem of What to Wear
2: Searching for a Solution in the late Nineteenth Century
3: Gandhi and the Recreation of Indian Dress
4: Is Khadi the Solution?
5: Questions of Dress in a Gujarati Village
6: Some Brahman Dilemmas
7: Some Peasant Dilemmas (Kanbi and Kharak)
8: Some Pastoralist (Bharwad) and Scheduled caste (Harijan) Dilemmas
9: Fashion Fables of an Urban Village
10: Dressing for Distinction: A Historical Review
Postscript: A Return Visit to India, 1993-1994
Bibliography
Index
Glossary of Foreign Words
Abbreviations
Preface: Reflections on a Portrait
1: Introduction: The Problem of What to Wear
2: Searching for a Solution in the late Nineteenth Century
3: Gandhi and the Recreation of Indian Dress
4: Is Khadi the Solution?
5: Questions of Dress in a Gujarati Village
6: Some Brahman Dilemmas
7: Some Peasant Dilemmas (Kanbi and Kharak)
8: Some Pastoralist (Bharwad) and Scheduled caste (Harijan) Dilemmas
9: Fashion Fables of an Urban Village
10: Dressing for Distinction: A Historical Review
Postscript: A Return Visit to India, 1993-1994
Bibliography
Index
AAS South Asia Council: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize
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