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Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England: Working-Class Dress and Rural Life
Contributor(s): Worth, Rachel (Author)

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 ISBN: 135012284X     ISBN-13: 9781350122840
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
OUR PRICE: $49.30  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - Victorian Era (1837-1901)
- Crafts & Hobbies | Fashion
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.73 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the clothing of the rural working classes was represented visually in paintings and photographs and by the literary sources of documentary, autobiography and fiction, as well as by the particular pattern of survival and collection by museums of garments of rural provenance. Rachel Worth explores ways in which clothing and how it is represented throws light on wider social and cultural aspects of society, as well as how 'traditional' styles of dress, like men's smock-frocks or women's sun-bonnets, came to be replaced by 'fashion'. Her compelling study, with black & white and colour illustrations, both adds a broader dimension to the history of dress by considering it within the social and cultural context of its time and discusses how clothing enriches our understanding of the social history of the Victorian period.

Contributor Bio(s): Worth, Rachel: - Rachel Worth is Principal Lecturer in Fashion Studies at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
 
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