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Dress and Society
. Ed(S): Martin, T. F.; Weetch, R.
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Paperback. Presents a refreshingly new, theoretically informed and integrated approach to dress as a specific category of archaeological evidence by focusing on the close relationship between dress, identity, bodies and material culture Editor(s): Martin, T. F.; Weetch, R. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w. BIC Classification: HD; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a result of the close relationship between dress and three currently popular topics: identity, bodies and material culture. Not only does dress constitute an important means by which people integrate and segregate to form group identities, but interactions between objects and bodies, quintessentially illustrated by dress, can also form the basis of much wider symbolic systems. Consequently, archaeological understandings of clothing shed ... Read more
While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a result of the close relationship between dress and three currently popular topics: identity, bodies and material culture. Not only does dress constitute an important means by which people integrate and segregate to form group identities, but interactions between objects and bodies, quintessentially illustrated by dress, can also form the basis of much wider symbolic systems. Consequently, archaeological understandings of clothing shed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785703157
SKU
V9781785703157
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About . Ed(S): Martin, T. F.; Weetch, R.
Toby Martin is an expert on early medieval artefacts. He works for Oxford Archaeology and teaches at the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education. Rosie Weetch is a project curator at the British Museum. She has worked on material culture from across the whole medieval period, with a particular interest in dress accessories.
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