03430nam 2200721 a 450 991045695790332120200520144314.01-4696-0292-X0-8078-6929-5(CKB)2550000000040486(EBL)732138(OCoLC)742361658(SSID)ssj0000524910(PQKBManifestationID)11334916(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524910(PQKBWorkID)10488473(PQKB)10311189(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245597(MiAaPQ)EBC732138(MiAaPQ)EBC4321995(MdBmJHUP)muse23414(Au-PeEL)EBL732138(CaPaEBR)ebr10483551(CaONFJC)MIL929525(EXLCZ)99255000000004048620110113d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America[electronic resource] /Kate HaulmanChapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina Press20111 online resource (304 p.)Gender and American cultureIncludes index.1-4696-1901-6 0-8078-3487-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : that strange, ridic'lous vice -- The many faces of fashion in the early eighteenth century -- Fops and coquettes : gender, sexuality, and status -- Country modes : cultural politics and political resistance -- New duties and old desires on the eve of revolution -- A contest of modes in revolutionary Philadelphia -- Fashion and nation -- Epilogue : political habits and citizenship's corset : the 1790s and beyond.In eighteenth-century America, fashion served as a site of contests over various forms of gendered power. Here, Kate Haulman explores how and why fashion--both as a concept and as the changing style of personal adornment--linked gender relations, social order, commerce, and political authority during a time when traditional hierarchies were in flux. In the see-and-be-seen port cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston, fashion, a form of power and distinction, was conceptually feminized yet pursued by both men and women across class ranks. Haulman shows that elite menGender & American culture.Politics and cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryFashionPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryClothing and dressPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centurySymbolism in politicsIndiaHistory18th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesSocial life and customsTo 1775Electronic books.Politics and cultureHistoryFashionPolitical aspectsHistoryClothing and dressPolitical aspectsHistorySymbolism in politicsHistoryNationalismHistory306.20973Haulman Kate858113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456957903321The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America1915833UNINA