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The Language of Dress - Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1750-1890 (Paperback)
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The Language of Dress - Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1750-1890 (Paperback)
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This book is a study of how African enslaved and freed women used
their fashion and style of dress as a symbol of resistance to
slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre- and
post-emancipation society. Africans brought aspects of their
culture, such as folklore, music, language, religion and dress,
with them to the Americas. The African cultural features were
retained and nurtured in Jamaica because they guaranteed the
survival of Africans and their descendants against European
attempts at cultural annihilation. This book illuminates the
complexities of accommodation and resistance, showing that these
complex responses are not polar opposites but are in fact melded
into each other. In addition, "Language of Dress reveals the
dynamics of race, class and gender in Jamaican society and the role
of women in British West Indian history. This work contributes to
the ongoing interest in the history of women and in the history of
resistance.
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