The Visible Self

Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society

• Author(s): Joanne Bubolz Eicher, Sandra Lee Evenson, Hazel A. Lutz,
• Publisher: Fairchild Publications
• Pages: 446
• ISBN_10: 1563670682
  ISBN_13: 9781563670688
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Design / Fashion & Accessories , Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming , Self-Help / Fashion & Style , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Customs & Traditions ,

Description:... The authors elaborate on what dress is, define ethnocentrism and position dress in todays society. Using Western and non-Western examples, the book fosters an appreciation of the diversity of surface appearance through an exploration of the common purposes served by dress to protect, satisfy and communicate. The Visible Self, 2nd Edition, analyzes the act of dressing - not simply putting on clothing, but cleansing the body and adorning it.