Medieval Fabrications
E. . Ed(S): Burns
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Description for Medieval Fabrications
paperback. Editor(s): Burns, E. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
The varied cultural functions of dress, textiles, and clothwork are used in this collection of essays to examine long-standing assumptions about the Middle Ages. At one end of the spectrum, questions of dress call up feminist theoretical investigations into the body and subjectivity, while broadening those inquiries to include theories of masculinity and queer identity as well. At the other extreme, the production and distribution of textiles carries us into the domain of economic history and the study of material commodities, trade and cultural patterns of exchange within western Europe and between east and west. Contributors to this volume represent ... Read more
The varied cultural functions of dress, textiles, and clothwork are used in this collection of essays to examine long-standing assumptions about the Middle Ages. At one end of the spectrum, questions of dress call up feminist theoretical investigations into the body and subjectivity, while broadening those inquiries to include theories of masculinity and queer identity as well. At the other extreme, the production and distribution of textiles carries us into the domain of economic history and the study of material commodities, trade and cultural patterns of exchange within western Europe and between east and west. Contributors to this volume represent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403961877
SKU
V9781403961877
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99-15
About E. . Ed(S): Burns
SAHAR AMER Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA ATHLEEN ASHLEY Professor of English, University of Southern Maine, USA MADELINE CAVINESS Professor of Art History, Tufts University ANDREA DENNY-BROWN Graduate student, English, Columbia University, New York, USA DYAN ELLIOTT Professor of History, University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA SARAH-GRACE HELLER Assistant Professor of Romance Languages, Ohio ... Read more
Reviews for Medieval Fabrications
"Medieval Fabrications investigates the material and ideological history of clothing and textiles. Choosing dress as a category of analysis yields important data and insights concerning its cultural importance. These essays investigate such topics as the symbolic functions of dress, its social meanings, and its coparticipation with the body in producing identity." - Susan Crane, Columbia University "A ... Read more