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Ottoman Dress and Design in the West - A Visual History of Cultural Exchange (Paperback)
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Ottoman Dress and Design in the West - A Visual History of Cultural Exchange (Paperback)
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Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated
exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through
the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the
history of dress and fashion in the broader context of western
relationships with the Mediterranean world from the dawn of Islam
through the end of the twentieth century. The significance of dress
is made apparent by the author's careful attention to its
political, economic, and cultural context. The reader comes to
understand that dress reflects not simply the self and one's
relation to community but also that community's relation to a wider
world through trade, colonization, religion, and technology. The
chapters provide broad historical background on Ottoman influence
and European exoticization of that influence, while the captions
and illustrations provide detailed studies of illuminations,
paintings, and sculptures to show how these influences were
absorbed into everyday living. Through the medium of dress,
Jirousek details a continually shifting Ottoman frontier that is
closely tied to European and American history. In doing so, she
explores and celebrates an essential source of influence that for
too long has been relegated to the periphery.
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