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Costume: Performing Identities through Dress

4.3/5 ( ratings)

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.

Pages: 336

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: April 06, 2015

ISBN: 0253015774

ISBN 13: 9780253015778

Costume: Performing Identities through Dress

4.3/5 ( ratings)

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.

Pages: 336

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: April 06, 2015

ISBN: 0253015774

ISBN 13: 9780253015778

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