What Shall I Say of Clothes? [Paperback]

Megan Cifarelli (Editor); Laura Gawlinski (Editor)

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ISBN: 9781931909341 | Published by: Archaeological Institute of America | Year of Publication: 2017 | Language: English 240p,




What Shall I Say of Clothes?

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The essays in this volume engage explicitly in a variety of theoretical and methodological strategies for the interpretation of dress, dressed bodies, and their representations in the ancient world. Authors draw from a wide range of disciplinary frameworks, integrating literary and archaeological evidence, experimental archaeology, social theory and the study of iconography. This volume spans a broad area both geographically and chronologically, bringing the ancient Near East into dialogue with the classical world from prehistory through late antiquity. The breadth and inclusivity of this volume provide a strong theoretical and methodological foundation for the collaborative study of the dynamic role of dressed bodies and images that depict them.

Table of Contents

Section One: Getting Dressed
 
Gods Among Men: Fashioning the Divine Image in Assyria-Kiersten Neumann,
 
Early Iron Age Adornment within Southern Levantine Mortuary Contexts: An Argument for Existential Significance in Understanding Material Culture-Josephine A. Verduci
 
 
 
Section Two: Being Dressed
 
Color-Coded: The Relationship between Color, Iconography, and Theory in Hellenistic and Roman Gemstones-Eric Beckman
 
Fascinating Fascina: Apotropaic Magic and How to Wear a Penis-Alissa M. Whitmore
 
Surface Tensions on Etruscan and Greek Jewelry-Alexis Q. Castor,
 
Costly Choices: Signaling Theory and Dress in Period IVb Hasanlu, Iran-Megan Cifarelli
 
 
 
Section Three: Dress and Identity
 
Neolithic Blue Beads in Northwest Turkey: The Social Significance of Skeuomorphism-
 
Ayse Bursali, Rana Özbal, Emma Baysal, Hadi Özbal, Baris Yagci
 
Fabrics of Inclusion: Deep Wearing and the Potentials of Materiality on the Apadana Reliefs-Neville McFerrin
 
Theorizing Religious Dress-Laura Gawlinski
 
The Costumes and Attributes of Late Antique Honorific Monuments: Conformity and Divergence within the Public and Political Sphere-Elizabeth Wueste
 
Western Men, Eastern Women? Dress and Cultural Identity in Roman Palmyra-Maura K. Heyn

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