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From traditional attire to modern dress : modes of identification, modes of recognition in the Balkans (XVIth-XXth centuries) / edited by Constanta Vintila-Ghitulescu.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects--Balkan Peninsula.
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--Balkan Peninsula--History.
- Ethnic costume--Social aspects--Balkan Peninsula.
- Ethnic costume.
- Ethnic costume--Balkan Peninsula--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These essays speak about the visible items, like clothing, jewelry, the opulence of the elite, fashion and styles, but they also inform the reader about the manner in which these connect with the political and social evolutions. In and between these lines, one may guess the existence of important themes regarding the history of textiles, the transfers of the commercial venues and of the different artisan centres, the professionalization of the various fields in the history of fashion and...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; COLOUR GARMENTS; ACROSS THREE EMPIRES; MAPPING TRANSYLVANIA AS A MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICONFESSIONAL REGION IN 17TH-TO 19TH-CENTURY COSTUME BOOKS; REGIONAL COSTUMES AND TEXTILE CULTURE; CHAPTER II; CONSTRUCTING A NEW IDENTITY; FROM ORIENTAL (OTTOMAN) TO EUROPEAN (FRANKISH) DRESS; WOMEN'S FASHIONS IN TRANSITION; FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE TURKISH REPUBLIC; CHAPTER III; DRESS, MODERNITY AND THEORIES OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN 19TH CENTURY GREECE
- INFLUENCE OF ETHNIC STYLE ON CROATION FASHION IN CLOTHING IN THE PERIOD OF ART NOUVEAU; STUDENT CLOTHING IN SERBIA FROM THE MID 19TH CENTURY TO THE 1980's; MIGRATIONS AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-30873-8
- 9786613308733
- 1-4438-3263-4
- OCLC:
- 823721012
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