Competing sartorial assertions of femininity and Muslim identity in Mali

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 253-280

  Schulz, Dorothea E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Dress; Gender relations; Islam; Modesty practices; Religious virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249134562     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/136270407X202808     Document Type: Article

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