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Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

ISBN-10: 025322313X

ISBN-13: 9780253223135

Edition: 2011

Authors: Heather M. Akou

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Heather Marie Akou is Assistant Professor of Dress Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Her work appears in Contemporary African Fashion (IUP, 2010) and Fashioning Africa (IUP, 2004).

Acknowledgments
Timeline of Events
The Political Symbolism of Dress
The Origins of Somali Dress�Prehistory to 1800
A Clash of Civilizations�1800 to 1945
Dressing the Nation�1945 to 1991
Dress in a Time of Extreme Change�1991 to2010
The Relevance of History
Appendix Stamps Issued in Somalia, 1960-1980
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations follow pages 49 and 117.