A Coat of Many Colors : : Dress Culture in the Young State of Israel / / Anat Helman.

• Funder: Knowledge Unlatched
• VerfasserIn: Helman, Anat,
• Author: Knowledge Unlatched
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press,, [2020]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011; 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Chapter One: Simplicity by Necessity and Choice --; Chapter Two: Fashion Makers and Consumers --; Chapter Three: Israeli Dress between East and West --; Chapter Four: Clothes and Ideology in the Kibbutzim --; Chapter Five: Representing the State, Molding the Nation --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• ISBN: 1644693267
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anat Helman.

A Coat of Many Colors investigates Israel's first seven years as a sovereign state through the unusual prism of dress. Clothes worn by Israelis in the 1950s reflected political ideologies, economic conditions, military priorities, social distinctions, and cultural preferences, and all played a part in consolidating a new national identity. Based on a wide range of textual and visual historical documents, the book covers both what Israelis wore in various circumstances and what they said and wrote about clothing and fashion. Written in a clear and accessible style that will appeal to the general reader as well as students and scholars, A Coat of Many Colors introduces the reader both to Israel's history during its formative years and to the rich field of dress culture.