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Couture and consensus : fashion and politics in postcolonial Argentina / Regina A. Root.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Root, Regina A.
- Series:
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; 24.
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing trade--Argentina--History.
- Clothing trade.
- Fashion--Argentina--History.
- Fashion.
- Consumption (Economics)--Argentina--History.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Argentina--Politics and government--1810-.
- Argentina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Following Argentina's revolution in 1810, the dress of young patriots inspired a nation and distanced its politics from the relics of Spanish colonialism. Fashion writing often escaped the notice of authorities, allowing authors to masquerade political ideas under the guise of frivolity and entertainment. In Couture and Consensus , Regina A. Root maps this pivotal and overlooked facet of Argentine cultural history, showing how politics emerged from dress to disrupt authoritarian practices and stimulate creativity in a newly independent nation.Drawing from genres as diverse as fiction, poetry,
- Contents:
- Uniform consensus
- Dressed to kill
- Fashion as presence
- Fashion writing
- Searching for female emancipation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4596-9
- 0-8166-7333-0
- OCLC:
- 648759709
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