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Fabrics of Indianness: The Exchange and Consumption of Clothing in Transnational Guyanese Hindu Communities
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ISBN10: 1137565403
ISBN13: 9781137565402
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 10 2016
Pages: 311
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781137565402
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 10 2016
Pages: 311
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
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
Acknowledgements
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 Presen
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 Presen
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