Silhouettes of the Soul : Meditations on Fashion, Religion, and Subjectivity (Paperback)

List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) Section One: Interfacing the Divine Section One Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) 1. The Future Body as Ultimate Dress Fiona Dieffenbacher (Parsons School of Design, USA) 2. No One Can Tell: On the Silent Glamour of Meher Baba Nicola Masciandaro (Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA) 3. Embodiments of Shakti: Cosmic Power Displayed by Kumaris, Incarnate Goddesses of Nepal Liz Wilson (Miami University of Ohio, USA) 4. Interview with Kodo Nishimura Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Mark Larrimore (The New School, USA) Section Two: Practices of Emulation and Transformation Section Two Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) 5. Naked or Nude? Reading the Threads, the Bare and the Threadbare in Ancient Indian Religion Joseph Walser (Tufts University, USA) 6. Empowered Entrepreneurs: Women of Muslim Faith and the Modest Fashion Movement in the U.S. Hassanah El-Yacoubi (University of California Riverside, USA) 7. Fashioning the Subject: Black Queerness, Identity, and an Ethic of Honor Benae Beamon (Bucknell University, USA) 8. From the Medieval Christ to Fashion's Heroin Chic: The Sublime Emulation of the Emaciated Paradigm in Secular and Religious Iconography Tanya White (Ryerson University, Canada) 9. In and Out of One Another's Closets: A Dialogue Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) with Shekinah Morrison (University of Central Florida, USA) Section Three: The Radiance of the Concealed Section Three Introduction by Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) and Jeanine Viau (University of Central Florida, USA) 10. Making Islamic Masculinities: Clothing Traditions in African American Islam Michael Muhammad Knight (University of Central Florida, USA) 11. Holly Woodlawn, Trash Queen: Queer Agency and Resistance in the Pursuit of Glamour Jared Vazquez (University of Denver, USA) 12. Fashioning A Glamour: Magical Embodiment in Contemporary Witchcraft Kristen J. Sollee (The New School, USA) 13. Interview with Damcho Otto von Busch (Parsons School of Design, USA) Index