A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

During the 19th and early 20th centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The increasing democratization of appearances made new fashions more widely available, but at the same time made the need to differentiate social rank seem more pressing. In this age of empire, the coding of class, gender and race was frequently negotiated through dress in complex ways, from fashionable dress which restricted or exaggerated the female body to liberating reform dress, from self-defining black dandies to the oppressions and resistances of slave dress. Richly illustrated with over 100 images and drawing on a plethora of visual, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Cultural Histories Series
Release date:	February 2021
Editors:	Denise Amy Baxter
Dimensions:	244 x 169 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-20464-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Promotions
LSN:	1-350-20464-1
Barcode:	9781350204645

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