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Languages of Dress in the Middle East (1997)
Book
Lindisfarne-Tapper, N., & Ingham, B. (Eds.). (1997). Languages of Dress in the Middle East. Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315027043

Considers how the languages of dress in the region connect with other social practices, and with political and religious conformity in particular. Treating cases as diverse as practices of veiling in Oman and dress reform laws in Turkey, these ethnog... Read More about Languages of Dress in the Middle East.

Approaches to the study of Dress in the Middle east (1997)
Book Chapter
Ingham, B., & Lindisfarne-Tapper, N. (1997). Approaches to the study of Dress in the Middle east. In N. Lindisfarne-Tapper, & B. Ingham (Eds.), Languages of Dress in the Middle east (1-39). Curzon Press

"Bond of the lands": Babylon, the cosmic capital (1997)
Book Chapter
George, A. (1997). "Bond of the lands": Babylon, the cosmic capital. In G. Wilhelm (Ed.), Die orientalische Stadt: Kontinuität, Wandel, Bruch (125-145). Saarbrücker Druckerei

Yusuf Idris : 1927-1991 (1997)
Book Chapter
Hafez, S. (1997). Yusuf Idris : 1927-1991. In C. B. Cox (Ed.), African Writers (345-365). Charles Scribner's Sons

Being Nepali without Nepal: reflections on a South Asian diaspora (1997)
Book Chapter
Hutt, M. (1997). Being Nepali without Nepal: reflections on a South Asian diaspora. In D. N. Gellner, J. Pfaff-Czarnecka, & J. Whelpton (Eds.), Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal (101-144). Harwood Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203059616-12

The question of identity forms one of the key topics of South Asian history and culture. Debate often centres on issues of nationalism ("the desire of a nation to have a state of its own") and nationism ("the desire of a state to have a nation of its... Read More about Being Nepali without Nepal: reflections on a South Asian diaspora.

Rise and decline of the Indra religion in the Veda (1997)
Book Chapter
Söhnen-Thieme, R. (1997). Rise and decline of the Indra religion in the Veda. In M. Witzel (Ed.), Inside the texts, beyond the texts new approaches to the study of the Vedas ; proceedings of the International Vedic Workshop, Harvard University, June 1989 (235-243). Harvard University