New raiments of self, African American clothing in the antebellum South, Helen Bradley Foster
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New raiments of self, African American clothing in the antebellum South, Helen Bradley Foster
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-353) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
New raiments of self
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
37551227
Responsibility statement
Helen Bradley Foster
Series statement
Dress, body, culture,, 1360-466X
Sub title
African American clothing in the antebellum South
Table Of Contents
Introduction: warping a folk history -- 1. Beginning in Africa -- 2. Constructing cloth and Clothing in the antebellum South -- 3. Wearing antebellum clothing -- 4. Having footwear -- 5. Embellishing the head -- 6. Crowning the person -- 7. Clothing as the weft of a folk history -- App. I. Glossary of selected trade-cloth terms used by Europeans -- App. II. Annotated glossary of terms related to textile manufacture and clothing taken from the narratives -- App. III. Cloth dyes reported in the narratives
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African American clothing in the antebellum South