The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America

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The work The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America

Statement of responsibility

Kate Haulman

Creator

• Haulman, Kate

Subject

• Fashion -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• Symbolism in politics -- India -- History -- 18th century
• United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
• Clothing and dress -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century

Language

eng

Summary

In the see-and-be-seen port cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston, fashion, a form of power and distinction, was conceptually feminized yet pursued by both men and women across class ranks. Haulman shows that elite men and women in these cities relied on fashion to present their status but also attempted to undercut its ability to do so for others. Disdain for others' fashionability was a means of safeguarding social position in cities where the modes of dress were particularly fluid and a way to maintain gender hierarchy in a world in which women's power as consumers was ex

Member of

• Gender & American culture
• Gender and American culture
• Online access with EBA: JSTOR
• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

306.20973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E163

LC item number

.H38 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography