Undressing religion : commitment and conversion from a cross-cultural perspective

edited by Linda B. Arthur

From Islam to Confucianism to Voodoo, dress plays a pivotal role in religious expression. This book investigates how dress symbolically evidences both religious and social systems across a wide range of cultures - from Africa and South America to Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Caribbean. In some of these cultures, dress is part of a system of social control. Gender issues feature prominently since the control of female sexuality is often of great importance to the world's religions. Members of each ethno-religious group actively construct their own lives, and use dress symbolically. A central tenet for many of these groups is that the soul is visually manifested on the body through dress. Drawing on rich ethnographic case studies, this wide-ranging and interdisciplinary volume represents a major contribution to the study of both religion and dress.

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書名 Undressing religion : commitment and conversion from a cross-cultural perspective
著作者等 Arthur Linda B.
Arthur Linda Boynton
シリーズ名 Dress, body, culture
出版元 Berg
刊行年月 2000
ページ数 xiv, 220 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 1859734804
1859734758
NCID BA53569420
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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