02775nam 2200385za 450 991079322090332120230814231000.01-350-11407-3(MiAaPQ)EBC6167510(MiAaPQ)EBC6190711(EXLCZ)99410000000758485220200722d2018 uy 0engurcn|---|||||A cultural history of dress and fashion in the Age of Empire[electronic resource] /edited by Denise Amy BaxterLondon Bloomsbury Academic20181 online resource (xiv, 271 p.) illThe Cultural Histories SeriesFifth in a set of six volumes.General editor: Susan Vincent.0-85785-684-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Denise Amy Baxter -- 1. Textiles / Philip A. Sykas -- 2. Production and Distribution / Susan Hiner -- 3. The Body / Annette Becker -- 4. Belief / Denise Baxter -- 5. Gender and Sexuality / Ariel Beaujot -- 6. Status / Vivienne Richmond -- 7. Ethnicity / Sarah Cheang -- 8. Visual Representations / Justine de Young -- 9. Literary Representations / Heidi Brevik-Zender -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The increasing democratization of appearances made new fashions more widely available, but at the same time made the need to differentiate social rank seem more pressing. In this age of empire, the coding of class, gender and race was frequently negotiated through dress in complex ways, from fashionable dress which restricted or exaggerated the female body to liberating reform dress, from self-defining black dandies to the oppressions and resistances of slave dress. Richly illustrated with over 100 images and drawing on a plethora of visual, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.Cultural histories series.FashionHistoryClothing and dressHistoryFashionHistory.Clothing and dressHistory.391.009Baxter Denise Amy1553974BOOK9910793220903321A cultural history of dress and fashion in the Age of Empire3814875UNINA