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A turban is a strip of cloth folded and wrapped around the head; however, this description includes multifarious forms across space and time. This book follows the turban as it moves from the Arabian Peninsula through the Ottoman Empire to Europe and the Americas. It directs the reader's gaze from traditional and religious uses of the turban into the realms of international trade, Renaissance art and contemporary fashions. Turbans, as this book shows, have moved in and out of Western culture, at times considered archaic and forgotten, then noticed and reinstated as major accessories. Today Sikh men are recognized by their distinctive headwraps, and the turban remains an important part of Black culture. This book explores the turban's many adaptations worldwide.
Chris Filstrup (Author) Chris Filstrup was Chief of the Oriental Division at the New York Public Library and Dean of Libraries at Stony Brook University. He is co-author with Jane Merrill of The Wedding Night (2011) among other titles. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.Jane Merrill (Author) Jane Merrill has written for many national U.S. magazines and is the author of The Showgirl Costume (2018) and other cultural histories. She lives in Saint George, Maine.
Introduction Chapter One: A Path into Western Iconography Chapter Two: Trade, Diplomacy and DepictionChapter Three: Nabobs, Adventurers and TravellersChapter Four: Masques and Turquerie Chapter Five: Riding the Magic CarpetChapter Six: A Neoclassical Accessory Chapter Seven: Individual Expressions: Africa and the Caribbean Chapter Eight: Cultural Tourism and Authenticity since 1900 ReferencesBibliographyAcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex
Delightful: a work full of insight, mischief, wisdom and, most pleasing of all, illustrations . . . [The] book traces the path of the turban into Western iconography and is a study of how this most Eastern form of headwear captured the Occidental imagination, coming to feature in art, literature, fashion, festivity and, in the 20th century, Hollywood movies.
