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Wedding dress : across cultures / edited by Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson.

Contributor(s): Foster, Helen Bradley | Johnson, Donald Clay, 1940-Material type: TextTextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : Berg, 2003Description: xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781847888983 (ebook) :; 1847888984 (ebook) :Subject(s): Wedding costume | Wedding costume -- Cross-cultural studies | Marriage customs and ritesAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 392.54 Online access: View online (unlimited access) Summary: Wedding clothes are not only distinctive forms of dress, but are also steeped in years of cultural tradition. This book, drawing on case studies from around the world, considers how wedding attire is both a statement of tradition and a vehicle for challenging social norms.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wedding clothes are not only distinctive forms of dress, but are also steeped in years of cultural tradition. This book, drawing on case studies from around the world, considers how wedding attire is both a statement of tradition and a vehicle for challenging social norms.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Berg, 2010. (Berg fashion library) Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to institutions subscribing through Oxford University Press.

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