Fashion beyond Versailles

Fashion beyond Versailles
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 179
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ISBN-10 : 9780807145234
ISBN-13 : 0807145238
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Book Synopsis Fashion beyond Versailles by : Donna J. Bohanan

Download or read book Fashion beyond Versailles written by Donna J. Bohanan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the epicenters of style and innovation, the cities of Paris and Versailles dominate studies of consumerism in seventeenth-century France, but little scholarship exists on the material culture, fashion, and consumption patterns in the provinces. Donna J. Bohanan's Fashion beyond Versailles fills this historiographical gap by examining the household inventories of French nobles and elites in the southern province of Dauphiné. Much more than a simple study of the decorative arts, Fashion beyond Versailles investigates the meaning of material ownership. By examining postmortem registries and archival publications, Bohanan reveals the social imperatives, local politics, and high fashion trends that spurred the consumption patterns of provincial communities. In doing so, she reveals a closer relationship between consumer behavior of Versailles and the provinces than most historians have maintained. Far-reaching in its sociological and psychological implications, Fashion beyond Versailles both makes use of and contributes to the burgeoning literature on material culture, fashion, and consumption.


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