Chris Filstrup | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

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.