In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the clothing of the rural working classes was represented visually in paintings and photographs and by the literary sources of documentary, autobiography and fiction, as well as by the particular pattern of survival and collection by museums of garments of rural provenance. Rachel Worth explores ways in which clothing and how it is represented throws light on wider social and cultural aspects of society, as well as how 'traditional' styles of dress, like men's smock-frocks or women's sun-bonnets, came to be replaced by 'fashion'. Her compelling study, with black & white and colour illustrations, both adds a broader dimension to the history of dress by considering it within the social and cultural context of its time and discusses how
clothing enriches our understanding of the social history of the Victorian period.
By:
Rachel Worth (Arts University Bournemouth UK) Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 336g ISBN:9781350122840 ISBN 10: 135012284X Pages: 224 Publication Date:25 July 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Rachel Worth is Professor of History of Dress and Fashion at the Arts University Bournemouth, UK.
Reviews for Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England: Working-Class Dress and Rural Life