Languages of Dress in the Middle East

Ingham, Bruce; Lindisfarne-Tapper, Nancy

Chapter One Approaches to the Study of Dress in the Middle East, Nancy Lindisfame-Tapper, Bruce Ingham; Chapter Two Mens Dress in the Arabian Peninsula: Historical and Present Perspectives, Bruce Ingham; Chapter Three Changing the Habits of a Lifetime: The Adaptation of Hejazi Dress to the New Social Order, Mai Yamani; Chapter Four The Dress of the Shahsevan Tribespeople of Iranian Azerbaijan, Nancy Lindisfame-Tapper; Chapter Five Felt Capes and Masks of the Caucasus, Robert Chenciner; Chapter Six Male Dress in the Caucasus: with special reference to Abkhazia and Georgia, George Hewitt, Zaira Khiba; Chapter Seven Fashions and Styles: Maltese Women’s Headdress, Dionisius Albertus Agius; Chapter Eight The Burqa Face Cover: An Aspect of Dress in Southeastern Arabia, Dawn Chatty; Chapter Nine Faith and Fashion in Turkey, John Norton; Chapter Ten Politics of Dress: The Dress Reform Laws of 1920/30s Iran, Patricia L. Baker;