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OverviewTraditional dress is a common phenomenon across much of Western Europe, often originating in elaborate practices for rural religious events. Yet despite its fundamentally local nature, traditional dress in various European regions developed along a similar trajectory, sometimes being transformed into political symbols and regional promotion for tourism, and always revealing the complexity of rural society in terms of religious divisions, class inequality and tension between the desires to protect tradition and embrace modernity. To better understand how traditional dress evolved in France and Germany from the 19th to 21st centuries, this book takes Alsace as its case study and in doing so illuminates broad experiences of modernity across rural Europe and answers overarching questions about regionalism and nationalism. Specifically, Sara Hume unpacks why Alsatian dress was adopted as a symbol of loyalty to France despite being closer in style to German dress practices. She explores the impact of political and geographical tensions on the appearance and function of traditional clothing, for example in Alsace’s situation at the border between France and Germany and in its transformation from disputed territory into capital of a united Europe. Logically progressing chapters reveal how modernity did not drive out tradition in rural communities but rather led to processes of adaption, preservation and re-evaluation. Through a rich variety of primary sources including costumes, illustrations, political cartoons, legal documents and oral histories, Regional Dress sheds light on the little known and rarely documented experiences of rural Europeans. Its material culture approach to the study of regionalism is essential to students of traditional and folk dress history, European history and design history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sara Hume (Kent State University Museum, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350327733ISBN 10: 1350327735 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 28 December 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Plates List of Figures List of Maps Acknowledgements Maps Introduction 1. Religious Performance Relationship between religion and dress Processions and the performance of Catholicism Performance of Protestantism Other minority religious groups Exclusion of minority religions from public spaces Dress as ritual Declining link between regional dress and religious observance 2. Visual Representation Field guide to the folk Photography of regional dress Realism and regional dress Book illustrations Art Nouveau and the Alsatian Awakening Spindler as photographer and ethnologue Development of l’Alsacienne as a symbol of Alsace 3. Material Goods Basic components of rural Alsatian wardrobes Shift to coordinating outfits Quantity and value of clothing Evolution of special occasion wear Development of retail in Alsace Introduction of department stores Home based industrial production Education and apprenticeship for craftspeople Apprenticeships in the interwar period Tailoring and dressmaking in literature 4. Museum Objects Roots of folk museums Founding of the Musée alsacien The collection and its acquisition Nature of the early displays Producing and reproducing the image of regional culture Kermesse: masquerade and commerce 5. Living History Non-religious festivals Wedding processions Turn-of-the-century festivals Folklorization of Fête-Dieu Folk dress in political rallies Organization of folk groups Nazi influence on folklore Re-emergence of interest in folklore Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsA brilliant book that sheds new light on the history of regional dress. It is a welcome addition to fashion, costume studies and material culture with their implications with history (local and international), society, gender and politics. --Eugenia Paulicelli, Director of Fashion Studies, The City University of New York, USA Brilliantly traces the evolution of Alsatian regional dress across the 19th and 20th centuries. Sara Hume offers vivid descriptions of costume in contexts from images to museums to material culture, and uncovers regional dress as a living object which complicates our assumptions about the meanings of tradition and modernity in contemporary Europe. --Alison Carrol, Reader in European History, Brunel University London, UK Author InformationSara Hume is Professor and Curator at Kent State University Museum, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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