The Turban

Aturban is a strip of cloth folded and wrapped around the head; however, thisdescription includes multifarious forms across space and time. Thisbookfollows the turban as it moves from the ArabianPeninsula through the Ottoman Empire to Europe and the Americas. It directsthe reader's gaze from traditional and religious uses of the turban into therealms of international trade, Renaissance art and contemporary fashions.Turbans, as this book shows, have moved in and out of Western culture, attimes considered archaic and forgotten, then noticed and reinstated as majoraccessories. Today Sikh men are recognized by their distinctive headwraps,and the turban remains an important part of Black culture. This book exploresthe turban's many adaptations worldwide.