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Phnom Penh.
Reyum Publishing.
2003.
Translated by Ingrid Muan. Bilingual Khmer and English text, profuse black and white photographic illustrations and descriptive diagrams, ii + 295pp, paperback. Quarto. "This richly illustrated book presents a broad overview of habits of dressing and caring for the self in late 19th and 20th century Cambodia. Types of fabric and kinds of clothing worn at the turn of the century are described, while traditional ways of cutting, sewing, caring for, and storing clothing are detailed. A final chapter illuminates various indigenous ways of caring for and decorating the hair and the skin. Local ways of painting the lips, fingernails and eyebrows are also discussed. In tracing these topics from the late 19th to the 20th century, the book illuminates the transition from a time when clothing and beauty products were made locally, usually by hand, to a time when clothing and beauty products are manufactured in faraway places and bought in stores." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 90501)
ISBN: 9781588860460
Related Subject Areas:
19th century
20th Century
Art
Bilingual
Cambodia
Clothing
South East Asia
Southeast Asia
Textiles
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