Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England - Working-Class Dress and Rural Life

At the beginning of the Victorian period, most of England's population lived in the countryside; by its end, the balance had tipped towards living in urban and suburban spaces. In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the clothing of the rural working classes was represented visually in paintings and photographs and by the literary sources of documentary, autobiography and fiction, as well as by the collection and conservation of garments of rural provenance by museums.Worth explores the ways in which clothing and its representations throw light on wider social and cultural issues, as well as how 'traditional' styles of dress, like men's smock-frocks or women's sun-bonnets, came to be replaced by 'fashion'. Her compelling study adds breadth to the history of dress by considering it within its social and cultural contexts, and shows how clothing enriches our understanding of Victorian social history.

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• Authors: Rachel Worth, Rachel (Arts Institute at Bournemouth Worth, Rachel (Arts University Bournemouth Worth, Worth Rachel
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781350122840
• ISBN: 978-1-350-12284-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, ART / Women Artists, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Fashion & society, Material Culture, Social and cultural history, History of fashion, Gender studies: women, Fashion and textile design, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Cultural studies: dress and society