Trading identities : cultures of consumption in French colonial Louisiana, 1699-1769

Author

White, Sophie Kirsten

Document type

Thèse

Language

English

Source

PhD; Courtauld Institute of Art; 2000; typescript ; 21 ill. (some col.), 1 map, bibliogr. ; 267 p., [20] p. of pl. ; sd

Abstract (en)

Dress was both a focus of non-verbal communication and a key commodity in the interactions between the different cultures - white, black and Native American - that co-existed in French colonial Louisiana. Examines the ways in which sartorial expression in a fluid colonial culture both evoked status and marked transformation. Argues that the choice that made these expressions possible was dependent upon the conditions of supply. No textiles were made in the colony, and it was expected that all manufactured goods for the use of colonists and their dependents be imported from the mother country. However, repeated shortcomings in the provision of textiles and apparel, meant that auctions, and used- (or stolen), clothes dealers made the recycling and exchange of goods an essential feature of the local economy.

Subject (en)

• Dissertations
• Textiles
• Costume
• France
• 1700-1800
• Colonial
• United States
• Louisiana territory
• Commerce
• Importation
• Identity

Subject (fr)

• Thèse
• Textiles
• Costume
• France
• 1700-1800
• Colonial (art)
• Etats-Unis
• Louisiane, territoire
• Commerce
• Importation
• Identité

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20010101-00147201

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