Costume : performing identities through dress /

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Author / Creator:	Shukla, Pravina, 1968-
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Costume -- History. Costume -- Social aspects. Identity (Psychology) Costume. Costume -- Social aspects. Identity (Psychology) Electronic book. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305806

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ISBN:	9780253015815 0253015812 9780253015778 0253015774
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings and enables the wearer to project a different self or special identity. Pravina Shukla offers richly detailed case studies from the United States, Brazil, and Sweden to show how individuals use costumes for social communication and to express facets of their personalities.
Other form:	Print version: Shukla, Pravina. Costume. Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015] 9780253015778

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Special Clothing for Extraordinary Contexts; 1 FESTIVE SPIRIT: Carnival Costume in Brazil; 2 HERITAGE: Folk Costume in Sweden; 3 PLAY: The Society for Creative Anachronism; 4 REENACTMENT: Reliving the American Civil War; 5 LIVING HISTORY: Colonial Williamsburg; 6 ART: Costume and Collaboration on the Theater Stage; CONCLUSION: Costume as Elective Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.

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