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Book Clothes in Many Cultures

Download or read book Clothes in Many Cultures written by Heather Adamson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to see what people are wearing all over the world. How are their clothes like yours? How are they different?

Book Clothes in Many Cultures

Download or read book Clothes in Many Cultures written by Heather Adamson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to see what people are wearing all over the world. How are their clothes like yours? How are they different?

Book Homes in Many Cultures

Download or read book Homes in Many Cultures written by Heather Adamson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step inside homes all over the world. What makes them the same as yours? What makes them different?

Book Clothing Around the World

Download or read book Clothing Around the World written by Charles Murphy and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s time to get dressed! In this increasingly connected world, numerous peoples around the world share modern fashions. However, many cultures reserve distinctive outfits for special occasions. This intriguing volume, a valuable addition to any social studies collection, showcases clothing from West Africa, Mexico, India, South Korea, Scotland, and other places. Traditional apparel, some of which is now seen in western countries, is displayed in vivid photographs.

Book Families in Many Cultures

Download or read book Families in Many Cultures written by Heather Adamson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs present families from many cultures.

Book The Culture of Clothes

Download or read book The Culture of Clothes written by Giovanna Alessio and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning exhibition of national dress from around the world, curated and beautifully illustrated by Indian illustrator, Chaaya Prabhat. Explore how traditional dress is an important part of a region's identity and the meaning behind the intricate details and symbols they feature. This book will take readers on a colourful journey around the world, visiting 30 different countries, including: Bali; China; India; Japan; South Korea; Philippines; Thailand; Siberia; Mexico; Greenland; USA; Argentina; Peru; Panama; Brazil; Namibia; Mali; Kenya; Nigeria; Cameroon; Portugal; Germany; France; Spain; Scotland; Czech Republic; Norway; New Zealand; Samoa; Papua New Guinea.

Book All Kinds of Children

Download or read book All Kinds of Children written by Norma Simon and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2000 CBC/NCSS Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Norma Simon uses both the neighborhood and the international stage to celebrate children. Each carefully chosen example and comparison will help to forge a connection to friends and neighbors, other cultures, and faraway lands. As children enjoy this book, the world will grow a little smaller while understanding and acceptance will grow larger.

Book Birthdays in Many Cultures

Download or read book Birthdays in Many Cultures written by Martha E. H. Rustad and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From homes and clothes to school and family, life is different all around the world. Culture makes us who we are. Grass-roofed huts, blue jeans, and ceremonial clothing are all a part of culture. Each striking photograph is accompanied by a world map that shows where it was taken.

Book Fashion ology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yuniya Kawamura
  • Publisher : Berg
  • Release : 2004-12-01
  • ISBN : 1847886078
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book Fashion ology written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. Most studies of fashion do not make a clear distinction between clothing and fashion. Kawamura argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She debunks the myth of the genius designer and explains, provocatively, that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief. There is an institutional structure, ignored by many fashion theorists, that has shaped and produced the fashion phenomenon. Kawamura further shows how the structural nature of the fashion system works to legitimize designers creativity and can make them successful. Newer fashion cities, such as Milan and New York, are the product of the fashion system that originated in Paris. Without that systemic structure, fashion culture would not exist. Fashion-ology provides a big picture approach that focuses on the social process behind fashion and its perpetuation.

Book Fashion  Culture  and Identity

Download or read book Fashion Culture and Identity written by Fred Davis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Western culture? How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes—and what they can do to us. Much of what we assume to be individual preference, Davis shows, really reflects deeper social and cultural forces. Ours is an ambivalent social world, characterized by tensions over gender roles, social status, and the expression of sexuality. Predicting what people will wear becomes a risky gamble when the link between private self and public persona can be so unstable.

Book The Culture of Fashion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Breward
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 1995-05-15
  • ISBN : 9780719041259
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book The Culture of Fashion written by Christopher Breward and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics.

Book What We Wear

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  • Author : Maya Ajmera
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2012-02-01
  • ISBN : 1580894178
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book What We Wear written by Maya Ajmera and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of clothing in bright, beautiful photographs of exuberant and diverse children from around the world, WHAT WE WEAR: DRESSING UP AROUND THE WORLD inspires young readers to explore the way clothing makes them feel and how it tells the world who they are. What we wear can identify who we are: what team we play for or what team we root for, where we go to school, how we worship, or how we represent our heritage. What we wear expresses our individuality, and clothes can make us happy, confident, and proud. Whether it’s a piper in a tartan plaid, a cowpoke in a cowboy hat, or a novice in ceremonial face paint, children everywhere wear different clothes and accessories for different reasons. But, one thing they all have in common is that they are all unique and beautiful. Backmatter encourages young readers to explore the way people dress in other countries and other cultures at folk festivals, at museums, and at home by asking about their own family heritage.

Book The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

Download or read book The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture written by Heather M. Akou and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universal act of dressing—shared by both men and women, young and old, rich and poor, minority and majority—has shaped human interactions, communicated hopes and fears about the future, and embodied what it means to be Somali. Heather Marie Akou mines politics and history in this rich and compelling study of Somali material culture. Akou explores the evolution of Somali folk dress, the role of the Somali government in imposing styles of dress, competing forms of Islamic dress, and changes in Somali fashion in the U.S. With the collapse of the Somali state, Somalis continue a connection with their homeland and community through what they wear every day.

Book Culture to Catwalk

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristin Knox
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2012-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781408130711
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Culture to Catwalk written by Kristin Knox and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary look at both traditional clothing and street styles from 38 countries around the world and the influence these two very different kinds of dress are having on fashion and designers today. Traditional dress from around the globe inspired the early designs of people like Coco Chanel and Christian Dior. Culture to Catwalk looks back at the roots of the industry, the backlash against brash consumerism, globalisation and 'fast-fashion' and that what people are wearing locally on the streets is once again influencing what stalks the catwalk (just as at the turn of the century). It features interviews and quotes from designers and brands including Hussein Chalayan, Rei Kawakubo, Sophia Kokosalaki and many more.

Book Clothing Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emma Tarlo
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1996-09
  • ISBN : 9780226789767
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book Clothing Matters written by Emma Tarlo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do I wear today? The way we answer this question says much about how we manage and express our identities. This detailed study examines sartorial style in India from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how trends in clothing are related to caste, level of education, urbanization, and a larger cultural debate about the nature of Indian identity. Clothes have been used to assert power, challenge authority, and instigate social change throughout Indian society. During the struggle for independence, members of the Indian elite incorporated elements of Western style into their clothes, while Gandhi's adoption of the loincloth symbolized the rejection of European power and the contrast between Indian poverty and British wealth. Similar tensions are played out today, with urban Indians adopting "ethnic" dress as villagers seek modern fashions. Illustrated with photographs, satirical drawings, and magazine advertisements, this book shows how individuals and groups play with history and culture as they decide what to wear.

Book Where am I Wearing

Download or read book Where am I Wearing written by Kelsey Timmerman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle. By introducing readers to the human element of globalization—the factory workers, their names, their families, and their way of life—Where Am I Wearing bridges the gap between global producers and consumers. New content includes: a visit to a fair trade Ethiopian shoe factory that is changing lives one job at time; updates on how workers worldwide have been squeezed by rising food costs and declining orders in the wake of the global financial crisis; and the author's search for the garment worker in Honduras who inspired the first edition of the book Kelsey Timmerman speaks and universities around the country and maintains a blog at www.whereamiwearing.com. His writing has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and Condé Nast Portfolio, and has aired on NPR. Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization.

Book Transportation in Many Cultures

Download or read book Transportation in Many Cultures written by Martha E. H. Rustad and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you get to school or travel around a big city? If you lived in a different country, the way you travel could be completely different Kids in Cambodia ride in paddle boats to get to floating schools on the water. People in Australia often ride a monorail around crowded cities. Take a tour around the world, and see how people get from here to there.