Textile Orientalisms - Cashmere and Paisley Shawls in British Literature and Culture

Considering popular literary images of Indian and Paisley shawls as markers of fashion, class, gender, and race during the long nineteenth century, this book shows how Indian imports and influences shaped wider discussions of British literature, art, politics, and empire.

About the author

Suchitra Choudhury is a research fellow supported by the William Lind Foundation at the University of Glasgow and an independent scholar. Her articles have appeared in Textile History and Victorian Literature and Culture. She is the cocurator of the display Paisley Shawls in Literature at Scotland's Paisley Museum (2023).

Product details

• Authors: Suchitra Choudhury
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780821425008
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2500-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Series in Victorian Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies