The Language of Dress
Steeve O. Buckridge
University of the West Indies Press, 2004
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his book is a study of how African slave and freed women used their fashion and style of dressing as a symbol of resistance to slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre and post-emancipation society. Africans brought aspects of their culture such as folklore, music, language, religion and dress with them to the Americas.
- ISBN-13
- 9789766401436
- ISBN-10
- 9766401438
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Year
- 2004
- Publication date
- 2004-04-01
- Pages
- 290
- Dimensions
- 241x168x22
- Weight
- 470