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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149560503321

Titolo

From traditional attire to modern dress : modes of identification, modes of recognition in the Balkans (XVIth-XXth centuries) / / edited by Constanta Vintila-Ghitulescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2011

ISBN

1-283-30873-8

9786613308733

1-4438-3263-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

Vintilă-GhițulescuConstanța

Disciplina

949.6

Soggetti

Clothing and dress - Social aspects - Balkan Peninsula

Clothing and dress - Balkan Peninsula - History

Ethnic costume - Social aspects - Balkan Peninsula

Ethnic costume - Balkan Peninsula - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; COLOUR GARMENTS; ACROSS THREE EMPIRES; MAPPING TRANSYLVANIA AS A MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICONFESSIONAL REGION IN 17TH-TO 19TH-CENTURY COSTUME BOOKS; REGIONAL COSTUMES AND TEXTILE CULTURE; CHAPTER II; CONSTRUCTING A NEW IDENTITY; FROM ORIENTAL (OTTOMAN) TO EUROPEAN (FRANKISH) DRESS; WOMEN'S FASHIONS IN TRANSITION; FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE TURKISH REPUBLIC; CHAPTER III; DRESS, MODERNITY AND THEORIES OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN 19TH CENTURY GREECE

INFLUENCE OF ETHNIC STYLE ON CROATION FASHION IN CLOTHING IN THE PERIOD OF ART NOUVEAU; STUDENT CLOTHING IN SERBIA FROM THE MID 19TH CENTURY TO THE 1980's; MIGRATIONS AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

These essays speak about the visible items, like clothing, jewelry, the opulence of the elite, fashion and styles, but they also inform the reader about the manner in which these connect with the political and



social evolutions. In and between these lines, one may guess the existence of important themes regarding the history of textiles, the transfers of the commercial venues and of the different artisan centres, the professionalization of the various fields in the history of fashion and...