AM250 Shelf Reserve
This is an annotated list of items on reserve for AM250. The two titles with an asterisk (*) are good for background reading about apparel and adornment in general, but are not recommended for your final projects. Looking through at least one of them is, however, highly recommended.
African Elegance. / Ettagale Blauer. RESERVE -- NK1080 .B53 1999
Stonework, wood, beadwork, paint and body decoration, metalwork, weaving, leather. People wearing the items. Index. Some description and text.
Americanos: Latino Life in the United States = La vida Latina en los Estados Unidos / Edward James RESERVE -- E184.S75 O48 1999
People doing everyday things. Quotes. Photos have captions
The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning among the Kuna of Panama / Mari Lyn Salvador, editor. (no author) RESERVE -- F1565.2.C8 S23 1997
Art, language, music, everyday living. A lot of text.
Colors of the Vanishing Tribes / Bonnie Young. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998. RESERVE -- TR681 I58 Y68 1998
Color photographs. Country where taken identified. Photographer/author sees color themes by location.
Ethnic Dress / Frances Kennett with Caroline MacDonald-Haig. RESERVE -- GT511 .K46 1995 c.2
By area of world; then regions or countries within. Lots of faces as well as clothes.
*Functions of Dress: Tool of Culture and the Individual / Penny Storm. RESERVE -- GT511 .S86 1987
Textbook-type. Bibliography. Index. Overall analysis. Part I Intrinsic functions: adornment, utility, modesty; Part II Communicative functions: communication, roles, status, Part III Sociological functions: social class, economics, government religion, individual development, group dynamics, behaviors.
Gentleman: A Timeless Fashion / Bernhard Roetzel ; art direction, Peter Feierabend ; photography. RESERVE -- TT617 .R64 1999
Beard, hair, underwear, shirt, necktie, suit, smart casual, shoes, hat, accessories, home comfort, formal dress, knitwear, sporting life, overcoats & jackets.
The Maya Textile Tradition / photographs by Jeffrey Jay Foxx ; edited by Margot Blum Schevill. RESERVE -- F1435.3.T48 M39 1997
Ordinary scenes with dress as well as ritual dress/occasions. Weaving in action. Chapters about various related topics, including history.
National Geographic: The Photographs / by Leah Bendavid-Val. RESERVE -- TR790 .B46 1994
People, animals, nature. Places and date.
Photographs, Then and Now / National Geographic ; [prepared by the Book Division]. RESERVE -- TR790 .P487 1998
Worldwide from different eras. By region.
Portraits / Steve McCurry. RESERVE -- TR680 .M398 1999
Faces from around the world. (National Geographic.) Place and year
Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris / Judy Frater. RESERVE -- NK9276.A1 F73 1995
Stories of people, descriptions of clothes. Lots of pictures with descriptive captions. (India.)
(un)Fashion / by Tibor + Maira Kalman [creative directors; created and designed by M&Co ; Kevin Kwa RESERVE -- GT524 .K38 2000
In sections by theme (only text in book); rest is pictures only (identified at back of book).
*The Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society / Joanne B. Eicher, Sandra Lee RESERVE -- GT521 .R57 2000
Textbook. Bibliography. Index. Study, appearance, culture, art, aesthetics, types, as art.
Women in the Material World / by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel. RESERVE -- HQ1381 .D35 1996
Around the world, women at home, work, with children and other family members. Thematic topics with photographs cover (briefly) childcare, education, friends, water, food, hair, work, laundry, marriage. Field journals. Statistics glossary.
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