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Visual systems before colonial rule
Coastal contact and transcultural exchange, c. 1471–1874
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Anticolonial and independence visual culture, 1945–1966
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Portrait of a Woman
Image · 1485 · Wikimedia Commons
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Space for Lurking
Steven Warburton
Digital Identity and Social Media
2012
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Article · 1996
The social and political implications of the Kuba cloths from Zaire
Joanne Glazer
Unisa Institutional Repository (University of South Africa)
1996
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Article · 2024
Social And Cultural Identity Of Traditional Gringsing And Bantenan Weaving Cloth
I Nengah Punia, Gusti Ngurah Marta Sagita Putra
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science
2024
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Article · 1992
Dress and Identity
Mary Ellen Roach-Higgins, Joanne Bubolz Eicher
Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
1992
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Article · 2018
Visible Expression of Social Identity: the Clothing and Fashion
Nihan Akdemir
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
2018
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Head
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A TOUR OF THE WORLD
Book · 2025 · Open Library
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Article · 1994
Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action. By Harrison C. White. Princeton University Press, 1992. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $24.95
A. Abbott
Social Forces
1994
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Prayer and action
Book · 1911 · Open Library
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Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)
Image · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Article · 1980
Jewish Identity: A Social Psychological Perspective. By Simon N. Herman. California: Sage, 1977. 264 pp. Cloth, $14.00; paper, $6.95
M. Binderman
Social Forces
1980
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Article · 1988
<bold>Social Work: Search for Identity</bold>. By Leslie Leighninger. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1987. 250 pp. $35.00 cloth
Social Work
1988
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Emerging Technologies for Information Systems, Computing, and Management
Book · 2013 · Open Library
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Gold Weight (abrammuo): Antelope
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