Memories of dress : Recollections of material identities / edited by Alison Slater, Susan Atkin and Elizabeth Kealy-Morris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atkin, Susan, editor.

Kealy-Morris, Elizabeth, editor.

Slater, Alison, editor.

Alkem Company (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--History.

Clothing and dress.

Collective memory.

Fashion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Memories of clothing feature prominently in auto/biographies, yet traditionally they have not been subjected to the same level of academic scrutiny as other sources. Memories of Dress redresses this imbalance by bringing auto/biographical memories to the centre of a new methodology for understanding fashion history, material culture, and other disciplines. Presenting a comprehensive overview of theoretical and practice-based approaches, the book invites readers to explore the relations between clothing and memory through diverse examples ranging from oral histories of Madchester men and Hungarian socialist sewing, to a quilt-making autoethnography into the complexities of American racial heritage and imagined memories within museum collections. Chapters by leading and emerging experts consider the ways in which dress is remembered and the ways that memories and nostalgia in turn influence everyday dress practices, unpicking the meanings and motivations - both collective and public, personal and private - behind the clothes we wear in different times, places and life stages; and the impact of class, gender, ethnicity, and disability on material identities. Uniquely weaving personal recollection with theory, this multidisciplinary book offers new ways of understanding clothing, material culture, and memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350153820

1350153826

9781350153813

1350153818

9781350153806

135015380X

OCLC:

1372396409