What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings and enables the wearer to project a different self or special identity. Pravina Shukla offers richly detailed case studies from the United States, Brazil, and Sweden to show how individuals use costumes for social communication and to express facets of their personalities.
Author(s): Pravina Shukla
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 336
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
INTRODUCTION: Special Clothing for Extraordinary Contexts......Page 16
1 FESTIVE SPIRIT: Carnival Costume in Brazil......Page 34
2 HERITAGE: Folk Costume in Sweden......Page 86
3 PLAY: The Society for Creative Anachronism......Page 132
4 REENACTMENT: Reliving the American Civil War......Page 148
5 LIVING HISTORY: Colonial Williamsburg......Page 180
6 ART: Costume and Collaboration on the Theater Stage......Page 216
CONCLUSION: Costume as Elective Identity......Page 264
Notes......Page 288
Bibliography......Page 310
C......Page 330
G......Page 331
M......Page 332
S......Page 333
Z......Page 334
