Eric Silverman is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the American Studies and Human Development department, Wheelock College, Boston, USA and a Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA.

This captivating and well-structured book broadens and complements previous studies with contemporary sources and discussions, enticing the reader to approach the subject of fashion, history and culture from different perspectives ... This book is suitable both for an academic and for a general audience interested in Jewish dress, religious dress in general, as well as costume and fashion historians.

• Introduction(Un)Dressing the IsraelitesThe Fashion of the RabbisBitter Bonnets and BadgesDressing for Enlightened CitizenshipFashionably Modest or Modestly Unfashionable?Black Hats and Unsuitable SuitsStraps, Fringes, Snails, and ShawlsI heart Yarmulke DayJewtiliciousConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Eric Silverman is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the American Studies and Human Development department, Wheelock College, Boston, USA and a Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA.

This captivating and well-structured book broadens and complements previous studies with contemporary sources and discussions, enticing the reader to approach the subject of fashion, history and culture from different perspectives ... This book is suitable both for an academic and for a general audience interested in Jewish dress, religious dress in general, as well as costume and fashion historians.

• Introduction(Un)Dressing the IsraelitesThe Fashion of the RabbisBitter Bonnets and BadgesDressing for Enlightened CitizenshipFashionably Modest or Modestly Unfashionable?Black Hats and Unsuitable SuitsStraps, Fringes, Snails, and ShawlsI heart Yarmulke DayJewtiliciousConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Eric Silverman is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the American Studies and Human Development department, Wheelock College, Boston, USA and a Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA.

This captivating and well-structured book broadens and complements previous studies with contemporary sources and discussions, enticing the reader to approach the subject of fashion, history and culture from different perspectives ... This book is suitable both for an academic and for a general audience interested in Jewish dress, religious dress in general, as well as costume and fashion historians.

• Introduction(Un)Dressing the IsraelitesThe Fashion of the RabbisBitter Bonnets and BadgesDressing for Enlightened CitizenshipFashionably Modest or Modestly Unfashionable?Black Hats and Unsuitable SuitsStraps, Fringes, Snails, and ShawlsI heart Yarmulke DayJewtiliciousConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex