Table of Contents
Frontmatter Preface to the English Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Petr Bogatyrev and Structural Ethnography 1. Introduction 2. The Structural Interrelationship of Costume Functions 3. 'Holiday', 'Ceremonial' and 'Ritual' 4. Multiple Functions of Costume Parts When Combined With Others 5. Transition of Costume from Everyday Through Ritual Stages and the Functional Changes Involved 6. Occupational Dress in a Given Community 7. Distinctions in Wealth and Social Status as Shown in Costume 8. The Magical Function of Costume 9. Regionalistic and Nationalistic Functions of Costume 10. An Example of an Analysis by the Functional Method of the Disappearance of a Costume 11. Functions of Costume Which Indicate the Religious Affiliation of the Wearer 12. Functions Indicating the Wearer's Age and Marital Status 13. The Headwear of Unwed Mothers 14. The Erotic Function of Costume 15. The Function of Children's Costume 16. Costume as a Sign 17. The Function of Everyday Costume 18. The Interdependence of Form and Function in Costume: A Change in Costume as a Change in the Whole Structure of Life 19. The General Function (The Function of the Structure of Functions) - 'Our Costume' 20. The Interdependence of the Functional Structure and the Individual Functions. The Functional Method Expands the Subject Matter of Ethnography. Conclusion 21. The Structural-Functional Method in the Study of Village Buildings, Farm Implements and Other Items of Material Culture, as Well as Folklore (Magic, Folk Tales, Songs, Incantations, etc.) Glossary Illustrations