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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460465503321

Autore

Shukla Pravina

Titolo

Costume : performing identities through dress / / Pravina Shukla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-253-01581-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

391.009

Soggetti

Costume - History

Costume - Social aspects

Identity (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

<P>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.</P>