02773nam0 22003133i 450 VAN023403220211109112043.458N978184788868620211109d1999 |0itac50 baengGB|||| |||||Dress, gender and cultural changeasian american and african american rites of passageAnnette LynchOxfordNew YorkBergc1999XI, 126 p.ill.25 cmWhile African American dress has long been noted as having a distinctive edge, many people may not know that debutante balls - a relatively recent phenomenon within African American communities - feature young women and men dressed, respectively, in conventional symbols of female purity and male hegemony, and conforming to gender stereotypes that have tended to characterize such events traditionally. Within the Hmong American community, mothers and aunts of teenagers use bangles, lace and traditional handwork techniques to create dazzling displays reflecting the gender and ethnicity of their sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, as they participate in an annual courtship ritual. This book examines these events to show how dress is used to transform gender construction and create positive images of African American and Hmong American youth. Coming-of-age rituals serve as arenas of cultural revision and change. For each of these communities, the choice of dress represents cultural affirmation. This author shows that within the homogenizing context of American society, dress serves as a site for the continual renegotiation of identity - gendered, ethnic and otherwise.VAN0234034Dress, gender and cultural change : asian american and african american rites of passage.1907574USNew YorkVANL000011GBOxfordVANL000020LynchAnnetteVANV194050804110BergVANV114315ITSOL20230616RICAhttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/dress-gender-and-cultural-change-asian-american-and-african-american-rites-of-passage/E-book – Accesso al full-text attraverso riconoscimento IP di Ateneo, proxy e/o Shibboleth.BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA E DISEGNO INDUSTRIALEIT-CE0107VAN01NVAN0234032BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA E DISEGNO INDUSTRIALE01CONS E-BOOK SBAARCH 01EBA234032 20211109 E-book – Accesso al full-text attraverso riconoscimento IP di Ateneo, proxy e/o Shibboleth.Dress, gender and cultural change : asian american and african american rites of passage1907574UNICAMPANIA