Taylor Mourning Dress (Routledge Revivals)

A Costume and Social History
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-135-22843-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1983, Mourning Dress chronicles the development of European and American mourning dress and etiquette from the middle ages to the present day, highlighting similarities and differences in practices between the different social strata. The result is a book which is not only of major importance to students of the history of dress but also to anyone who enjoys social history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Lou

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Function and Ritual of European Funerals 2. The Social Status of Widows 3. The Origins of Fashionable Mourning Dress up to 1600 4. Mourning Dress, 1600-1700 5. Mourning Dress, 1700-1800 6. Mourning Dress 1800-1910 7. Children and Mourning 8. The Mourning Dress and Textile Industries 9. Mourning Jewellery 10. The Colours of Mourning 11. The Breakdown of Mourning Traditions: Mourning Dress from 1910.