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Textile Orientalisms : Cashmere and Paisley Shawls in British Literature and Culture / Suchitra Choudhury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Choudhury, Suchitra, 1967- author.
- Series:
- Series in Victorian Studies.
- Series in Victorian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shawls in literature.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--History and criticism.
- Fashion in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Material culture in literature.
- Orientalism in literature.
- Cashmere shawls--Great Britain--History.
- Cashmere shawls.
- Shawls--Great Britain--History.
- Shawls.
- India--In literature.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Considering popular literary images of Indian and Paisley shawls as markers of fashion, class, gender, and race during the long nineteenth century, this book shows how Indian imports and influences shaped wider discussions of British literature, art, politics, and empire.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Series in Victorian Studies
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Textile Orientalisms
- 1. Historical Contexts
- 2. "It Came over but Last Night from India": The Shawl as Gift in Elizabeth Inchbald's Appearance Is against Them (1785)
- 3. "There Are Braw Shawls Made at Paisley, That Ye Will Scarce Ken frae Foreign": Imperialism, Materiality, and Ecology in Walter Scott's St. Ronan's Well and The Surgeon's Daughter
- 4. "An Infinity of Shawls": Emotions and Irony in Thackeray's Vanity Fair
- 5. "The Woman in the Red Paisley Shawl": The Texture of Rebellion in Wilkie Collins's Armadale
- 6. Frederick Niven's The Paisley Shawl (1931)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Choudhury, Suchitra Textile Orientalisms
- ISBN:
- 9780821447857
- OCLC:
- 1356006897
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