The Politics of Appearances - Representations of Dress in Revolutionary France (Paperback, First)

In the turbulent political and social landscape of Revolutionary France, dress played a major role in defining and displaying new identities. What people wore was, in fact, a vital symbol of their allegiances and beliefs. Drawing on a wide range of documentary and visual sources, this book offers a vivid picture of the highly charged politics of Revolutionary appearances. The author explores the dynamic complexity of the new socio-political world, where the identification of who stood for what was such an urgent, if vexed, issue: where identical items of dress could stand for opposing political ideologies, where a variety of institutions - from local societies to the national assembly - tried to define the meanings associated with clothing, and where the clothes a person wore could seal their fate. Tracing the stories surrounding the liberty cap, the different manifestations of official dress, the tricolore cockade and the sans-culotte provides a new and exciting insight into the complexities and uncertainties that made up life in Revolutionary France and the political culture that it created.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	October 2002
Authors:	Richard Wrigley
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
Edition:	First
ISBN-13:	978-1-85973-509-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Costume, clothes & fashion Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-85973-509-6
Barcode:	9781859735091

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