| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and American culture
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Gender & American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : that strange, ridic'lous vice -- Many faces of fashion in the early eighteenth century -- Fops and coquettes : gender, sexuality, and status -- Country modes : cultural politics and political resistance -- New duties and old desires on the eve of revolution -- A contest of modes in revolutionary Philadelphia -- Fashion and nation -- Epilogue : political habits and citizenship's corset : the 1790s and beyond. |
| Summary |
In the see-and-be-seen port cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston, fashion, a form of power and distinction, was conceptually feminized yet pursued by both men and women across class ranks. Haulman shows that elite men and women in these cities relied on fashion to present their status but also attempted to undercut its ability to do so for others. Disdain for others' fashionability was a means of safeguarding social position in cities where the modes of dress were particularly fluid and a way to maintain gender hierarchy in a world in which women's power as consumers was ex. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Politics and culture. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Fashion -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Fashion -- Political aspects. |
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Fashion. |
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Clothing and dress -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Clothing and dress. |
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Symbolism in politics -- India -- History -- 18th century.
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Symbolism in politics. |
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India. |
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Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Nationalism. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haulman, Kate. Politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834879 (DLC) 2010053995 (OCoLC)696942387 |
| ISBN |
9780807869291 (electronic book) |
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0807869295 (electronic book) |
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9781469602929 (electronic book) |
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146960292X (electronic book) |
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9780807834879 |
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0807834874 |
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