Hope she looked at exant garments, too. Seem to be several authors lately who try to tell the story of what was worn by just using literary sources.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Liliane Johnston <[email protected]> To: h-costume <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 7:45 am Subject: [h-cost] Publication of 'Women, work and clothing in 18th-century Spain', by Rebecca Haidt ear H-Costume, I'm very pleased to announce the publication of 'Women, work and clothing n 18th-century Spain', by Rebecca Haidt. (short synopsis below, or fuller etails in the attached file). I believe that the book could be of interest o certain members of the H-Costume group. I understand that in order to ost to this list I have to be a member myself, but I was wondering if here would be any chance to forward the attached announcement to the embers of this group, or even post the details on your website, in case hey are interested in this publication? Please don't hesitate to contact me for any further information. Best wishes, Liliane Johnston Editorial, Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford ww.voltaire.ac.uk *Women, work and clothing in eighteenth-century Spain* ebecca Haidt Combining cultural history, literary analysis, and studies in economics, aterial life and gender, Rebecca Haidt shows how clothing and display enetrated all corners of eighteenth-century Spanish society, and reveals he ambivalence of women who wore, traded, mended, bartered, sold, stole or reated garments that came to mark their status in society. Focussing on *sainetes* and *tonadillas* (popular short plays and musical ketches) the author examines the representation of a culture where fashion? was impossible to separate from issues of labor, commerce, and roductivity. These theatrical skits exploit the resources of music, song nd costume to heighten their depictions of women?s work in garment roduction, circulation and display across the entire social spectrum. They rovide a wealth of information about both eighteenth-century clothing ultures and women?s struggles for identity, economic development and urban urvival. As Rebecca Haidt demonstrates, women?s dress is a key barometer of the ultural values of a period, expressing differences between affluent and oor, privileged and marginalized. *SVEC* 2011:11, ISBN 978-0-7294-1022-9, xvi+346 pages, 35 ills, ?65 / ?85 / 110 For further information on this book: ttp://xserve.volt.ox.ac.uk/VFcatalogue/details.php?recid=6507 o order this book or other Voltaire Foundation publications: ttp://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/www_vf/orders/orders.ssi ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list [email protected] ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
