The world in dress: Anthropological perspectives on clothing, fashion, and culture

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 369-392

  Hansen, Karen Tranberg ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing practice; Consumption; Dressed body; Material culture; Style diversification

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MATERIAL CULTURE;

EID: 9144266355     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143805     Document Type: Article

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