Religion, Dress and the Body

authors: Linda B. Arthur e.o.

ISBN:1-85973-297-6

Dress and the social control of the body / Linda B. Arthur --
The social control of women's bodies in two Mennonite communities / Beth Graybill and Linda B. Arthur --
Sacred dress, public worlds : Amish and Mormon experiences and commitment / Jean A. Hamilton and Jana Hawley --
Polynesian cultural center and the Mormon image of the body : images of paradise on Laie, Hawaii / Frank Salamone --
The obedient and disobedient daughters of the church : Strangite Mormon dress as a mode of control / Gayle Veronica Fischer --
Dress and interaction in contending cultures : Eastern Dakota and Euroamericans in nineteenth century Minnesota / Sandra Lee Evenson and David J. Trayte --
The African American church, its sacred cosmos, and dress / Gwendolyn S. O'Neal --
Fashion and identity of women religious / Susan O. Michelman --
The Paarda expression of Hejaab among Afghan women in a non-Muslim community / M. Catherine Daly --
Hasidic women's head-coverings : a feminized system of Hasidic distinction / Barbara Goldman Carrel --
Jewish genes, Jewish jeans : a fashionable body / Karen Anijar.