Silhouettes of the Soul : Meditations on Fashion, Religion, and Subjectivity Paperback / softback
Edited by Otto (Parsons School of Design, USA) Von Busch, Jeanine (University of Central Florida, USA) Viau
Part of the Dress Cultures series
Paperback / softback
Description
What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief?
What bearing do religious and political belonging, respectability, and resistance have on the way in which we dress?
Why have more traditional religious practices been so prescriptive about body adornment?
Historically, fashionable dress and religion have been positioned as polar opposites.
Silhouettes of the Soul brings them together, placing them in conversation with each other.
By moving beyond traditional, social scientific, and historical analysis of religious attire and adornment the book presents a variety of disciplinary approaches from across regional, social, and religious locations. Contentious and challenging, as well as academically rigorous, the book's diverse range of contributors - from fashion and religious studies scholars, to designers, activists, monastics, and journalists - explore the relationship between religion and fashion, extending the meanings and possibilities of both dress and spirituality.
Combining interviews and personal stories with more traditional theoretical analysis, Silhouettes of the Soul offers new ways of looking at the relationship between religion, personal convictions, and self-expression - our sense of self and our sense of fashion.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, 17 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781350285675
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, 17 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/08/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350285675
