Some reviews of this book:
'Lucidly written, this is a superb account of religious life, its rites and taboos read through dress and embellishment. Hume engages new ground in her world-wide coverage of Western religions, Islam, the great Eastern faiths, and mystical ceremonies. With exceptional insight she demonstrates that the sensorial and transformative lie at the heart of these embodied practices.'
Margaret Maynard, The University of Queensland, Australia
'Hume's emphasis on the smell, feel, texture, and types of cloth used in religious practice is particularly original, as is her discussion of dress associated with the dead. This unique volume underscores the ways that clothing contributes to people's identities and their sense of moral order, in this world and beyond.'
Elisha P. Renne, University of Michigan, USA
'By digging beneath appearances, Lynne Hume enables the reader to acquire an embodied sense of the varieties of religious devotion and experience through what people wear'.
David Howes, Concordia University, Canada
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