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*24510$aWedding dress across cultures  /$cedited by Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson.
*260  $aOxford ;$aNew York  :$bBERG ,$c2003.
*300  $a227 s.
*440  $aDress, body, culture$91360-466X
*504  $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
*650 4$aBröllop
*650 4$aKläder
*650 4$aTraditioner
*650 4$aBröllopskläder
*650 4$aBröllopsseder
*650 4$aWedding costume
*650 4$aCross-cultural studies.
*7001 $aFoster, Helen Bradley$4edt
*7001 $aJohnson, Donald Clay,$d1940-$4edt
*8520 $cTEXTIL - Ihk
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Although the Victorian white wedding dominates western bridal dress and large portions of former colonial empires, marriage rituals vary significantly throughout the world. The Japanese, for instance, combine both traditional ceremonies with receptions utilizing western approaches to dress. In the Andes the bride will personally create a multi-layered dress to showcase her weaving skills. Berber brides in Morocco wear binding clothing that covers their faces, a notable contrast to Canadian prairie-province brides whose stylized gowns individualize and enhance body shape. This engaging book examines the evolution and ritual functions of wedding attire within the context of particular cultures. It raises questions as to the relationship between contemporary wedding attire and traditional values. It discusses the changes international migrations have had upon the wedding dress of several ethnic groups. It provides insights into numerous societal relationships to weddings, such as the ban on bridal-produced embroidery in dowries in India, the challenges individual values have to larger societal ones in themed weddings, and the relationship between the return to pre-western attire and identity politics. Exploring these issues, the authors provide unusual insights into the centrality of dress in shaping individual identity as well as its importance in reflecting cultural values and ideals.

• "Something plain and simple?
• Unpacking custom-made wedding dresses from western Canada, 1950-1995."
• "Satn dresses and caribou kamiks: negotiation of tradition in northern Alaska Inupiaq weddings."
• "Packaged in Japan: elite weddings in Osaka."
• "Korean wedding dress from the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910) to the present."
• "Marriage and dowry customs of the Rabadi of Kachchh: evolving traditions."
• "Pragmatism and enigmas: the Panetar and Gharcholu saris in Gujarati weddings."
• "Swazi bridal attire: culture, traditions, customs."
• "Gender, identity, and Moroccan weddings: the adornment of the Ait Khabhash Berber bride and groom."
• "An Athenian wedding, year 2000."
• "An historic perspective of English and Soviet bridalwear between 1900 and 1960."
• "He gave her sandals and she gave him a tunic: cloth and weddings in the Andes."
• "Slavic wedding customs on two continents."
• "Always remembering the motherland: Tai Dam wedding textiles and dress."
• "The groom wore a kilt: carnivalesque and theme weddings."