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Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

Creator:

Butzer, Peggy A.

Abstract:

The significance of dress in a first encounter situation has been demonstrated empirically: clothing serves as a vehicle for communicating information from one person to another. Thus, it is influential in affecting the formation of first impressions. This study was undertaken to explore the elements of dress that are most...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Dress and acculturation : clothing transitions of the Mien

Creator:

Hoffman, Elizabeth Lee

Abstract:

The Mien are recent United States immigrants from Laos. They left Southeast Asia at a time of great political upheaval. Because of their close ties with United States governmental operations during the Southeast Asian war, conditions for Mien in Laos made flight imperative as Pathet Lao forces now control the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis