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The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America (American Experience in Archaeological Perspectives) (The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective)
Diana Dipaolo Loren
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paperback. Series: American Experience in Archaeological Perspective. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AFW; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Dress has always been a social medium. Color, fabric, and fit of clothing, along with adornments, posture, and manners, convey information on personal status, occupation, religious beliefs, and even sexual preferences. Clothing and adornment are therefore important not only for their utility but also in their expressive properties and the ability of the wearer to manipulate those properties.
Diana DiPaolo Loren investigates some ways in which colonial peoples chose to express their bodies and identities through clothing and adornment. She examines strategies of combining local-made and imported goods not simply to emulate European elites, but instead to create a ... Read more
Dress has always been a social medium. Color, fabric, and fit of clothing, along with adornments, posture, and manners, convey information on personal status, occupation, religious beliefs, and even sexual preferences. Clothing and adornment are therefore important not only for their utility but also in their expressive properties and the ability of the wearer to manipulate those properties.
Diana DiPaolo Loren investigates some ways in which colonial peoples chose to express their bodies and identities through clothing and adornment. She examines strategies of combining local-made and imported goods not simply to emulate European elites, but instead to create a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Series
American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813038032
SKU
V9780813038032
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About Diana Dipaolo Loren
Diana DiPaolo Loren is Associate Curator at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Reviews for The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America (American Experience in Archaeological Perspectives) (The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective)
Highly readable but also innovative in its approach to a broad array of material from diverse colonial contexts." — Carolyn White, University of Nevada, Reno "Loren brings together a sampling of the extensive literature on the archaeology of clothing and adornment to argue that artifacts of the body acquire their meaning through cultural practice. She shows how dress serves ... Read more