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Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: A History in Layers - Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe Elizabeth Wayland Barber
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Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: A History in Layers - Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress so that upon reaching puberty they could join the Sunday afternoon village dances garbed in resplendent attire. This book features fifty nineteenth - and twentieth-century ensembles from Macedonia, Croatia, and Albania.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-267) and index. Biographical Note: Elizabeth Wayland Barber traces this twenty-thousand-year tradition of dress in fascinating detail. Review Citations:
Choice 01/01/2014 (EAN 9780984755035, Paperback)
Choice 01/01/2014 (EAN 9780984755042, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio: Barber, Elizabeth Wayland Elizabeth Wayland Barber is the author of Women s Work and The Mummies of Urumchi. Professor emerita of archaeology and linguistics at Occidental College, she lives in California.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 22, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780984755035 |
| Publishers | Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. |
| Pages | 285 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 304 × 21 mm · 1.34 kg |
| Editor | Barber, Elizabeth Wayland |
| Editor | Sloan, Barbara Belle |
