This final volume in the four-volume series Habits of Being shows how the dialectic between everyday appearance and outrageous acts is mediated through clothing and accessories. It considers how clothing and accessories can move quickly from the ordinary to the extravagant. Employing many different approaches; these essays explore how wearing an objectmdash;a crown; a flower; an earring; a corsage; a veil; even a length of materialmdash;can stray beyond the bounds of the body on which it is placed into the discrepant territory of flagrantly excessive public signs of love; status; honor; prestige; power; desire; and display. The varied contributions of scholars (historians; ethnographers; literary and film critics) and artists (photographers; sculptors; writers; weavers; and embroiderers) take up the threads of these forays into history; psyche; and aesthetics in surprising and useful ways. With examples from around the world; contributors address how the simple action of ornamenting the body; even with something as common as a button; are open to elaborate interpretationsmdash;which themselves offer new understandings of human behavior and artistic endeavor. When our ldquo;habits of beingrdquo; receive close scrutiny; they seem anything but habitual. Contributors: Mariapia Bobbiobi; Camilla Cattarulla; U of Rome Three; Paola Colaiacomo; Sapienza; U of Rome; Maria Damon; Pratt Institute of Art; Joanne B. Eicher; U of Minnesota; Maria Giulia Fabi; U of Ferrara; Margherita di Fazio; Adeena Karasick; Fordham U; Tarrah Krajnak; Pitzer College; Charlotte Nekola; William Paterson U; Victoria R. Pass; Maryland Institute College of Art; Amanda Salvioni; U of Macerata; Maria Anita Stefanelli; U of Rome Three.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Cool pictures; but many photos from the "family album"By Jason M HowardIt is a neat book to flip through and see old pictures; but I do wish the author had driven out to the locations again to get new pictures when he decided to publish a book. I would estimate 5% of the photos have him in them; and he is not the subject of the book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy tim l younggood stuff0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. AmateurishBy ScaramoucheCataldo has presented quite a few interesting photos of old San Bernardino; some factual inaccuracies and poor writing; and oddly; several pictures of his family. The one showing them dining at a modern restaurant seems particularly irrelevant. Yet he is featured regularly as a speaker on San Bernardino history at the county museum. It just goes to show that the local history good ol boy system is more about social cliquery than quality research and writing.
