New raiments of self : African American clothing in the antebellum South / Helen Bradley Foster.
New raiments of self : African American clothing in the antebellum South / Helen Bradley Foster.
New raiments of self : African American clothing in the antebellum South / Helen Bradley Foster.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N391.05/1
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English
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Physical content
ix, 359 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Warping a Folk History -- 1. Beginning in Africa -- 2. Constructing Cloth and Clothing in the Antebellum South -- 3. Wearing Antebellum Clothing --4. Having Footwear -- 5. Embellishing the Head -- 6. Crowning the Person -- 7. Clothing as the Weft of a Folk History -- App. I. Glossary o...
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Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1997.
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England
Date Published
1997.
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New raiments of self : African American clothing in the antebellum South / Helen Bradley Foster.
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African American clothing in the antebellum South.
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Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-353) and index.
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N391.05/1
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74VMyge6xlAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMyge6xlAg
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ISBN
1859731899 (pbk.)
9781859731840 (cloth)
1859731848 (cloth)
9781859731895 (pbk.)
DDC
391.00896073075
MMS ID
991002118989702626
