Language of dress : resistance and accomodation in Jamaica, 1760-1890 / Steeve O. Buckridge.

• 1. The crossing -- 2. Dress as resistance -- 3. Dress as accommodation -- 4. Conclusion.

• "African enslaved and freed women used their fashion and style of dress as a symbol of resistance to slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre- and post-emancipation society. African cultural features - folklore, music, language, religion and dress - were retained and nurtured in Jamaica because they guaranteed the survival of Africans and their descendants against European attempts at cultural annihilation. Steeve Buckridge illuminates the complexities of accommodation and resistance, showing that these complex responses are not opposites but are in fact melded into each other, as he reveals the dynamics of race, class and gender in Jamaican society and the role of women in British West Indian history. 

Ämnesord

Women, Black  -- Clothing -- Political aspects -- Jamaica. (LCSH)

Clothing and dress  -- Political aspects -- Jamaica. (LCSH)

Costume  -- Political aspects -- Jamaica. (LCSH)

Women, Black  -- Clothing -- Political aspects -- Africa. (LCSH)

Clothing and dress  -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Clothing and dress  -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Costume  -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Costume  -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Kläder  -- historia -- Jamaica -- 1700-talet -- 1800-talet (sao)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ku-qchae.4 Allmän socialhistoria: Jamaica: 1492-

Mv Etnografi: föremål

Klassifikation

391.0097292 (DDC)

Ku-qchae.4 (kssb/7)

Mv-qchae (kssb/7)