Bibliogr. dissém. Notes. Index.

Definition and Classification of Dress : Implications for analysis of gender roles / Eicher, J.B. ; Roach-Higgins, M.E. -- Women as Headhunters : The making and meaning of textiles in a Southeast Asian context / Barnes, R. -- Cut and Sewn : The textiles of social organization in Thailand / Lefferts, H.L., Jr. -- Purse-Proud : Of betel and areca nut bags in Laboya (West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia) / Geirnaert, D. -- Gender Boundaries in the Production of Guatemalan Textiles / Pancake, C.M. -- The Jewish Kippa Sruga and the Social Construction of Gender in Israel / Baizerman, S. -- Quilted Apparel and Gender Identity : An American case study / Cerny, C. -- Lacemaking in Venetian Culture / Sciama, L. -- Pachamama : The Inka earth mother of the long sweeping garment / Dransart, P. -- Kalabari Dress in Nigeria : Visual analysis and gender implications / Michelman, S.O. ; Erekosima, T.V. -- Whose Sleeves ...? Gender, class and meaning in Japanese dress of the Seventeenth Century / Cort, L.A. -- The Significance of Dress for the Orthodox Hindu Woman / Leslie, J. -- Continuity and Change in Hindu Women's Dress / Joshi, O.P. -- Dressing for Dinner in the Bush : Rituals of self-definition and British imperial authority / Callaway, H. -- Clothes Encounters of the Gynecological Kind : Medical mandates and maternity modes in the USA, 1850-1990 / Bailey, R. -- Dress and Modes of Address : Structural forms for policewomen / Young, M.