312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Addressing the subject of clothing in relation to such fundamental issues as national identity, social distinction, gender, the body, religion and politics, Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 provides a springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood aspects of social and cultural history. Nowhere in medieval and early modern European society was its hierarchical and social divisions... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Catherine Richardson; Section 1 Fabrics of Nation: The cultural significance of costume books in 16th century Europe, Ulrike Ilg; A question of nation: foreign cloth on the English subject, Roze Hentschell; Tomb effigies and archaic dress in 16th century Ireland, Elizabeth Wincott Heckett; The formation of Russian women's costume at the time before the reforms of Peter the Great, Oksana Sekatcheva. Section 2 Marking Distinctions: Clothing courtesans: fabrics, signals, and experiences, Tessa Storey; Clothing the naked in Late Medieval East Kent, Sheila Sweetinburgh; Dress, nudity and Calvinist culture in 16th century France, Graeme Murdock; Social fabric in Thynne's Debate Between Pride and Lowliness, Claire Bartram. Section 3 Material Movements: Clothing distributions and social relations c.1350-1500, Joanna Crawford; Fashion, finance, foreign politics and the wardrobe of Henry VIII, Maria Hayward; Reworked material: discourses of clothing culture in Early 16th century Greenwich, Elisabeth Salter. Section 4 Discourse, Body, Gender: 'This one poore blacke gowne lined with white': the clothing of the 16th century English book, Helen Smith; 'Havying nothing upon hym saving onely his sherte': event, narrative and material culture in Early Modern England, Catherine Richardson; Rips and slits: the torn garment and the Medieval self, Andrea Denny-Brown; Speaking to reveal: the body and acts of 'exposure' in Early Modern popular discourse, Elizabeth Hallam. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Catherine Richardson is lecturer in English and History, and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham.
'Much of the research presented in this volume draws on textual and archival evidence, often in the form of legal records, and in this respect Clothing Culture makes a decisive move away from more traditional dress studies... the result is a collection of innovative and thought-provoking articles.' Textile History
