Beyond the black and white: female domestic servants, dress and identity in France and Britain, 1900-1939

Far from being a trivial detail, clothes fundamentally define who we are and how we are perceived by others. Drawing on a large sample of French and British servants’ memoirs, this article explores how dress served a crucial but contrasting role in the way French and British servants articulated the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Louvier, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2019