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Fashion in Malaysia

January 5, 2006 By Fuji

A former student of mine is in Malaysia on a Fulbright; she wanted to work with women’s groups in an Islamic country, and seems to be learning a lot about life as a woman in a Malaysian country. Leslie recently emailed me a news article that the New Straits Times published on her, that included a picture of her in full headscarf. I think you can pick her out in the picture! Here’s a link to the article if you want to read the entire piece.
That one picture says a lot about fashion and material culture; notice Leslie and her friends in the picture are reading newsapers. There’s a lot to read from that picture, and it got me thinking more about the issue of clothing — I always use clothing in my classroom teaching to talk about the issue of “value” in economic anthropology and as an example of the connections between material culture and identity; in fact, my anthropologist wife Rebecca has written an article on fashion and identity in South Korea (focusing on hanbok). Leslie’s given me something more to think about!

Filed Under: Anthropology, Classes, Davidson College


Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. is Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, and Director of the Crosland Center for Teaching & Learning. He is a sociocultural anthropologist who has examined contemporary issues in Chinese society ranging from: religion and politics; food, popular culture and globalization; sports and society issues; and the cultural impact of science and technology. more...

Crosland Center for Teaching & Learning
Davidson College
Davidson, NC 28035 USA

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