{"product_id":"regional-dress-9781350147980","title":"Regional Dress","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Hume \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor and Curator at Kent State University Museum, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant book that sheds new light on the history of regional dress. It is a welcome addition to fashion, costume studies and material culture with their implications with history (local and international), society, gender and politics. * Eugenia Paulicelli, Director of Fashion Studies, The City University of New York, USA *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly traces the evolution of Alsatian regional dress across the 19th and 20th centuries. Sara Hume offers vivid descriptions of costume in contexts from images to museums to material culture, and uncovers regional dress as a living object which complicates our assumptions about the meanings of tradition and modernity in contemporary Europe. * Alison Carrol, Reader in European History, Brunel University London, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Plates List of Figures List of Maps Acknowledgements Maps Introduction  \u003cb\u003e1. Religious Performance\u003c\/b\u003e Relationship between religion and dress Processions and the performance of Catholicism Performance of Protestantism Other minority religious groups Exclusion of minority religions from public spaces Dress as ritual Declining link between regional dress and religious observance  \u003cb\u003e2. Visual Representation\u003c\/b\u003e Field guide to the folk Photography of regional dress Realism and regional dress Book illustrations Art Nouveau and the Alsatian Awakening Spindler as photographer and ethnologue Development of l’Alsacienne as a symbol of Alsace  \u003cb\u003e3. Material Goods\u003c\/b\u003e Basic components of rural Alsatian wardrobes Shift to coordinating outfits Quantity and value of clothing Evolution of special occasion wear Development of retail in Alsace Introduction of department stores Home based industrial production Education and apprenticeship for craftspeople Apprenticeships in the interwar period Tailoring and dressmaking in literature  \u003cb\u003e4.  Museum Objects\u003c\/b\u003e Roots of folk museums Founding of the Musée alsacien The collection and its acquisition Nature of the early displays Producing and reproducing the image of regional culture Kermesse: masquerade and commerce  \u003cb\u003e5. Living History\u003c\/b\u003e Non-religious festivals Wedding processions Turn-of-the-century festivals Folklorization of Fête-Dieu Folk dress in political rallies Organization of folk groups Nazi influence on folklore Re-emergence of interest in folklore  Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529218072919,"sku":"9781350147980","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350147980.jpg?v=1731874760","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/regional-dress-9781350147980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}