Für diesen Artikel ist leider kein Bild verfügbar.

Fabrics of Indianness

The Exchange and Consumption of Clothing in Transnational Guyanese Hindu Communities

Sinah Theres Kloss (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

307 Seiten

2016 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-93283-2 (ISBN)

Titel wird leider nicht erscheinen

Artikel merken

This book describes how Guyanese Hindus recreate Indian ethnic identity in contemporary Guyana and examines how Hindu traditions have been transformed in this multi-religious and multi-ethnic society. By illustrating the exchange and consumption of clothing, the book demonstrates that the practices of wearing and gifting clothes materialize and visualize relationships. The significant outward migration of Guyanese to North America has resulted in substantial international gift exchange and transnational rituals. Applying the concept of translocality, this book demonstrates that different localities continue to influence transnational networks and socio-cultural practices. It provides a study of migration that emphasizes various aspects of material and visual closeness, conceptualizing the notion of touch.

Sinah Theres Kloss is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Center for Religion, Economy and Politics at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is co-editor of Caribbean Food Cultures: Culinary Practices and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas.

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 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 Presence

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2016
Zusatzinfo	14 colour illustrations, biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-349-93283-3 / 1349932833
ISBN-13	978-1-349-93283-2 / 9781349932832
Zustand	Neuware