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100 1 $aMaynard, Margaret.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82256253
245 10 $aFashioned from penury :$bdress as cultural practice in colonial Australia /$cMargaret Maynard.
260 $aCambridge [England] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1994.
300 $axi, 235 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aStudies in Australian history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.
505 0 $aPt. I. Penal Dress, 1788-1840. 1. Irregular Patterns: Government and the Social Order. 2. Fraying at the Edges: Clothing Supplies and Manufacturing. 3. A Cut Above: Fashion, Class and Power. 4. On the Fringe: Clothing and Aboriginal-Colonial Relations -- Pt. II. Colonial Dress, 1840-1901. 5. Dressing the Part: Urban Codes - Class and Gender. 6. From a Different Cloth: Etiquette and Social Practice. 7. Material Needs: Supply and Demand -- Pt. III. An Australian Distinctiveness. 8. A Loose Fit: Emigration and Adaptation. 9. Alternate Threads: Perceptions and Stereotypes. 10. Rough and Readymade: Bush Dress and the Mythology of the 'Real' Australian.
520 $aAs a history of the cultural practices of dress in Australia rather than an account of fashion, this book examines the meanings encoded in the dress and bodily decoration of convicts, emancipists, town and country dwellers and Aboriginal people. It shows that clothing was central to the ways in which class and status were negotiated and was equally significant for the marking out of sexual differences.
520 8 $aIt also looks at the impact of the goldfield experience on Australian dress and the nature of local manufacturing and retail outlets.
520 8 $aDress is central to identity and lies at the heart of some long-held myths about the Australian way of life, myths which Margaret Maynard argues need to be re-evaluated. She shows that the colonies did not always slavishly follow British fashion, and that the egalitarian style of dress may have covered up class divisions in society. She also looks at the way in which rural men's bush dress, rather than women's dress, came to be regarded as the only valid sign of being Australian.
520 8 $aIn the light of current moves towards republicanism, the issue of what constitutes an 'Australian' form of dress is more relevant than ever.
650 0 $aCostume$zAustralia$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aCostume$zAustralia$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAboriginal Australians$xClothing.
650 0 $aPrisoners$xClothing$zAustralia.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAustralia.
651 0 $aAustralia$xSocial life and customs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315
830 0 $aStudies in Australian history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86709451
852 00 $bglx$hGT1590$i.M39 1994