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Society's Child
Ruth Rubinstein
其他書名
Identity, Clothing, And Style
出版Avalon Publishing, 2000
主題Crafts & Hobbies / FashionDesign / Fashion & AccessoriesSocial Science / GeneralSocial Science / Popular CultureSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Children's Studies
ISBN08133667129780813366715
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=W4aBAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the last quarter of the twentieth century, children in American society have been wearing miniature adult-style dress. This trend has led social critics to ask an important question: Is childhood in American society disappearing? To answer this question, Ruth Rubinstein examined the style, function, meaning, and significance of children's clothes in Western history. She focused on the conditions and events which led to changes in style. She examined closely children's clothes in Renaissance Italy, seventeenth-century Holland, England and France between 1500 and 1800, colonial America, nineteenth-century England, and the United States since 1800.The author found that a specific clothing style was encouraged by those who sought to effect a particular goal. Change in the basic style of children's clothes often reflected a change in societal arrangements or arrangements within the family, and often resulted in shifts in the organization of culture. Children's clothes, in fact, helped to create dynasties, acted as reminders of cultural values, indicated paternal rank, supported nationalism, and were essential aids in organizing the structure of American society.