The Turban
eBook - ePub

The Turban

A History from East to West

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Turban

A History from East to West

About this book

A turban is a strip of cloth folded and wrapped around the head; however, this description includes multifarious forms across space and time. This book follows the turban as it moves from the Arabian Peninsula through the Ottoman Empire to Europe and the Americas. It directs the reader's gaze from traditional and religious uses of the turban into the realms of international trade, Renaissance art and contemporary fashions. Turbans, as this book shows, have moved in and out of Western culture, at times considered archaic and forgotten, then noticed and reinstated as major accessories. Today Sikh men are recognized by their distinctive headwraps, and the turban remains an important part of Black culture. This book explores the turban's many adaptations worldwide.

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Information

Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781836390749
eBook ISBN
9781836390756
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 A Path into Western Iconography
  8. 2 Trade, Diplomacy and Depiction
  9. 3 Nabobs, Adventurers and Travellers
  10. 4 Masques and Turquerie
  11. 5 Riding the Magic Carpet
  12. 6 A Neoclassical Accessory
  13. 7 Individual Expressions: Africa and the Caribbean
  14. 8 Cultural Tourism and Authenticity since 1900
  15. REFERENCES
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  18. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  19. INDEX