'NEW RAIMENTS OF SELF': AFRICAN AMERICAN CLOTHING IN THE By Helen Bradley Foster
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- ISBN-10
- 1859731899
- Publication Name
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781859731895
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1859731899
ISBN-13
9781859731895
eBay Product ID (ePID)
393824
Product Key Features
Book Title
'new Raiments of Self' : African American Clothing in the Antebellum South
Number of Pages
372 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Textile & Costume, Fashion & Accessories, Customs & Traditions, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Social Science
Book Series
Dress, Body, Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-202428
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
(A) fascinating analysis of dress, body and culture. [...] It is a brilliantly structured text, with extensive utilization of quotations to give agency to subjects. [...] The volume is crafted in lucid prose that is a joy to read., "(A) fascinating analysis of dress, body and culture. [...] It is a brilliantly structured text, with extensive utilization of quotations to give agency to subjects. [...] The volume is crafted in lucid prose that is a joy to read." --African Studies Review & Newsletter, "(A) fascinating analysis of dress, body and culture. [...] It is a brilliantly structured text, with extensive utilization of quotations to give agency to subjects. [...] The volume is crafted in lucid prose that is a joy to read." African Studies Review & Newsletter, "(A) fascinating analysis of dress, body and culture. [...] It is a brilliantly structured text, with extensive utilization of quotations to give agency to subjects. [...] The volume is crafted in lucid prose that is a joy to read." -- African Studies Review & Newsletter
Dewey Decimal
391/.008996/075
Synopsis
This book examines the clothing worn by African Americans in the southern United States during the thirty years before the American Civil War. Drawing on a wide range of sources, most notably oral narratives recorded in the 1930s, this rich account shows that African Americans demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the role clothing played in demarcating age, sex, status, work, recreation, as well as special secular and sacred events. Testimonies offer proof of African Americans' vast technical skills in producing cloth and clothing, which served both as a fundamental reflection of the peoples' Afrocentric craftsmanship and aesthetic sensibilities, and as a reaction to their particular place in American society. Previous work on clothing in this period has tended to focus on white viewpoints, and as a consequence the dress worn by the enslaved has generally been seen as a static standard imposed by white overlords. This excellent study departs from conventional interpretations to show that the clothing of the enslaved changed over time, served multiple functions and represented customs and attitudes which evolved distinctly from within African American communities. In short, it represents a vital contribution to African American studies, as well as to dress and textile history, and cultural and folklore studies.
LC Classification Number
GT617.S59F67 1997
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