Fabrics of indianness : the exchange and consumption of clothing in transnational Guyanese Hindu Communities /: the exchange and consumption of clothing in transnational Guyanese Hindu Communities. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Sinah Theres Kloß.
• Authors: Klo, Sinah Theres
• Contents: Chapter 1: Guyanese Hinduism and the Study of Clothing: An Introduction -- Socio-historical Context and Religious Groups in Guyana -- Guyanese Hindu Traditions -- Guyanese Transnationalism and the Concept of Translocality -- Methodology -- The Study of Clothing and Dress -- Clothing, Closeness, and Migration -- Outline of the Book -- Resemblance, Imitation, and Consumption -- Intimacy, Touch, and Exchange -- Chapter 2: Negotiating 'Indianness' Through Indian Wear -- Defining 'Indian Wear' -- The Ambiguous 'Long Skirt' -- Dressing Up for Puja.-Indian Wear and Ethnic Identity -- Indian Ethnic Identity and the African 'Other' -- Indian Revitalization -- Nuh-propriate Clothes and the Influence of Bollywood Movies -- Contested Indianness -- The 'Indian Indian' as Indian 'Other' -- Indo-Caribbeanness -- Mastering the Sari: Dress and the Performance of Indianness -- Degrees of Indianness? -- Chapter 3: Stitching Readymade Dhotis: The Social History of Indian Wear in Guyana -- 'Overseas Clothing' -- Selfmade Clothes and Indian Wear -- Branding 'Foreign' Status -- Stitching Authority? -- 'Superior' Dress, Conversion, and Social Upward Mobility -- Dressing Respectably: Dress Codes and Draped Clothes -- Adapting English Wear: White Dresses and Orhni -- Hindu Male 'Effeminacy' and Indian Wear -- Stitching Dhotis -- Chapter 4: Uniform(ity) Through Color: The Invention of Madrassi Vestment -- The 'Invention' of the Madras Tradition -- Processes of Standardization -- Creating Madras 'Authenticity' -- Creating the Garment -- The 'Invention' of Vestment -- Uniform(ity) -- Contested Discipline -- Unifying Color -- The Stigma of Being Madrassi -- Chapter 5: (Ex)Changing the Deity's Clothes -- "Cyan leff a God naked": Dressing the Deity -- Matching Murti Clothes -- The Practice of Charhaway -- "Give from your brows, your sweat" -- The Joint Family as Contributor -- Sending Ritual Contributions -- Photographs as Substitutes -- Sharing Mudda's Saris -- Barrel-sending in a Madrassi Community -- Wearing Mudda's Clothes -- Chapter 6: Staying in Touch, Dwelling in Clothes: Barrels, Gift-Giving, and Migration -- To 'Send Back' Gifts -- Barrel-sending and the Exchange of Clothing -- The Barrel as Joint Effort -- Giving Used Clothes -- Clothing as Dwelling Structure -- Bodies and Clothing in Exchange -- Contact and Touch'Physical' and 'Spiritual' Bodies -- Throwing Spirits Pon Clothes -- Energies and Substances -- Used Clothing as Memory and Presence -- Chapter 7: Touched Clothes and Thrifty Barrels -- Giving as Consumption -- Touched Clothing'Nation' and Caste Identities -- New and Used, Clean and Polluted -- Wearing Prasadam -- Cleaning Bodies, Washing Clothes -- Barrels and Thrift -- Gifts of Used Clothing as Disposal?Sending Thrifty Barrels -- In Guyana, "Things Finish So Fast" -- Thrift and Indian Identity -- 'Recycling' Used Clothes:Thrifty and Wasteful Disposal -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 391.0088/2945; 304.8; Social sciences; Ethnic costume -- Guyana; Hindus -- Clothing; Ethnology; Culture -- Study and teaching; Emigration and immigration; Migration; Ethnography; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming; Culture -- Study and teaching; Emigration and immigration; Ethnic costume; Ethnology; Social sciences; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Cultural studies; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Migration, immigration & emigration; Guyana; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137565419; 1137565411; 1137565403; 9781137565402
• Related ISBNs: 1137565403; 9781137565402
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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