ISBN:
1137277130
,
9781137277138
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 311 S
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
DDC:
391.0094/09034
Keywords:
Revolutions History 19th century
;
Nationalism History 19th century
;
Fashion Social aspects 19th century
;
History
;
Revolutions History
;
19th century
;
Europe
;
Nationalism History
;
19th century
;
Europe
;
Fashion Social aspects
;
History
;
19th century
;
Europe
;
HISTORY / Europe / General
;
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
;
Europe History 1789-1900
;
Europe History
;
1789-1900
;
Europa
;
Revolution
;
Uniform
;
Kleidung
;
Mode
;
Patriotismus
;
Nationalismus
;
Geschichte 1700-1940
Abstract:
"During the era of the French Revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform, which all members of the nation would wear in their everyday life. Patriot dreams of overthrowing 'the tyranny of Queen Fashion' emerged from the sumptuary tradition and Enlightenment ideas about social order, but reveal the diversity of national ideologies in the age of Revolutionary nationalism. Uniform schemes reflect the rise of social egalitarianism, as the source of imagined national sovereignty slipped from monarchs to 'the people,' variously understood. Since the feminine associations of fashion often trumped masculine national ideas, national uniforms also shed light on ideals of gender. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses specific examples from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United States, and Wales"--
Abstract:
"During the era of the French Revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform, which all members of the nation would wear in their everyday life. Patriot dreams of overthrowing 'the tyranny of Queen Fashion' emerged from the sumptuary tradition and Enlightenment ideas about social order, but reveal the diversity of national ideologies in the age of Revolutionary nationalism. Uniform schemes reflect the rise of social egalitarianism, as the source of imagined national sovereignty slipped from monarchs to 'the people,' variously understood. Since the feminine associations of fashion often trumped masculine national ideas, national uniforms also shed light on ideals of gender. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses specific examples from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United States, and Wales"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : clothing and nationalism studiesFashion as a social problem -- The tyranny of Queen Fashion -- The sumptuary mentality -- The discovery of the uniform -- Absolutist national uniforms -- Democratic national uniforms -- Minimal national uniforms -- Folk costumes as national uniforms -- National fashionism : Queen Fashion as patriot -- Haute couture and national textiles.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/patriots-against-fashion-alexander-maxwell/?isb=9781137277138
URL:
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/patriots-against-fashion-alexander-maxwell/?isb=9781137277138
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