Textile orientalisms : Cashmere and Paisley shawls in British literature and culture / Suchitra Choudhury.
| Author/creator |
Choudhury, Suchitra, 1967- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Series in Victorian studies Series in Victorian Studies. ^A1265543 |
| Contents | Historical Contexts -- 'It Came over but Last Night from India' : The Shawl as Gift in Elizabeth Inchbald's Appearance is Against Them (1785) -- "There Are Braw Shawls Made at Paisley, That Ye Will Scarce Ken Frae Foreign" : Imperialism, Materiality, and Ecology in Walter Scott's St. Ronan's Well and The Surgeon's Daughter -- Thackeray's Irony : The Figure of Cashmere Shawl in Vanity Fair -- 'The Woman in the Red Paisley Shawl' : The Texture of Rebellion in Wilkie Collins's Armadale -- Frederick Niven's The Paisley Shawl (1931). |
| Abstract | "Considering popular literary images of Indian and Paisley shawls as markers of fashion, class, gender, and race during the long nineteenth century, this book shows how Indian imports and influences shaped wider discussions of British literature, art, politics, and empire"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Choudhury, Suchitra, 1967- Textile orientalisms Athens : Ohio University Press, [2022] 9780821447857 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2022037324 |
| ISBN | 9780821425008 |
| ISBN | 0821425005 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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