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The unexpected story of an essential 18th and 19th century
accessory This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on
pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into
the social history of women's everyday lives-from duchesses and
country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen-and to explore their
consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and
identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the
past, bringing women's stories into intimate focus. "What
particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which
women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as
a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through
a world that was not built to suit them."-Kathryn Hughes, The
Guardian "A riveting book . . . few stones are left
unturned."-Roberta Smith's "Top Art Books of 2019," The New York
Times "A brilliant book."-Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement
"Material Strategies" brings together scholars from different
disciplines to explore what dress and textiles can tell us about
gender history.
Broad in scope - covers women, men, social groupings and nations
from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Rich in detail - incorporates illustrations that provide visual
evidence for gendered strategies of dress.
Combines perspectives from design and textile history, business
history, cultural anthropology, social history, art history and
cultural history.
Considers 'material strategies' in relation to production and
consumption, the public and the private, the body and sexuality,
and national identity.
Written in a jargon-free style, making it accessible to readers
from a wide range of backgrounds.
Throughout its long history, home dressmaking has been a formative
experience in the lives of millions of women. In an age of relative
affluence and mass production, it is easy to forget that just over
a generation ago, young girls from middle- and working-class
backgrounds were routinely taught to sew as a practical necessity.
However, not only have the skills involved in home dressmaking been
overlooked and marginalized due to their association with women and
the home, but the impact home dressmaking had on women's lives and
broader socioeconomic structures also has been largely ignored.
This book is the first serious account of the significance of home
dressmaking as a form of European and American material culture.
Exploring themes from the last two hundred years to the present,
including gender, technology, consumption and visual
representation, contributors show how home dressmakers negotiated
and experienced developments to meet a wide variety of needs and
aspirations. Not merely passive consumers, home dressmakers have
been active producers within family economies. They have been
individuals with complex agendas expressed through their roles as
wives, mothers and workers in their own right and shaped by
ideologies of femininity and class. This book represents a vital
contribution to women's studies, the history of fashion and dress,
design history, material culture, sociology and anthropology.
Throughout its long history, home dressmaking has been a formative
experience in the lives of millions of women. In an age of relative
affluence and mass production, it is easy to forget that just over
a generation ago, young girls from middle- and working-class
backgrounds were routinely taught to sew as a practical necessity.
However, not only have the skills involved in home dressmaking been
overlooked and marginalized due to their association with women and
the home, but the impact home dressmaking had on women's lives and
broader socioeconomic structures also has been largely ignored.
This book is the first serious account of the significance of home
dressmaking as a form of European and American material culture.
Exploring themes from the last two hundred years to the present,
including gender, technology, consumption and visual
representation, contributors show how home dressmakers negotiated
and experienced developments to meet a wide variety of needs and
aspirations. Not merely passive consumers, home dressmakers have
been active producers within family economies. They have been
individuals with complex agendas expressed through their roles as
wives, mothers and workers in their own right and shaped by
ideologies of femininity and class.
This book represents a vital contribution to women's studies, the
history of fashion and dress, design history, material culture,
sociology and anthropology.
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