Dressing Imperialism: The Cultural Significance of the Kashmiri Shawl in the Age of Imperialism

Abstract: Global histories of commodities have highlighted the interconnectedness of global trade in the nineteenth-century and have demonstrated that commodities bound people of different continents in often invisible ways. Global histories of commodities, however, continue to focus on male actors and their involvement as traders, business owners, and politicians. As a result, such histories often eclipse the experiences of women, the working classes, and the subaltern. Despite such shortcomings, global histories of commodities can reflect on the global conditions which have shaped individuals’ affective and material experiences. As such, my work considers how the Kashmiri shawl, a fashionable garment of South Asian origin, came to embody the changing character of British womanhood. This process occurred not only as a result of Britain’s colonial presence, but also by way of cross-cultural dialogue between Britain, India, and France. The Kashmiri shawl operated as a nexus of class, race, se.... https://www.globalhistories.com/index.php/GHSJ/article/view/375

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Dressing Imperialism: The Cultural Significance of the Kashmiri Shawl in the Age of Imperialism ; volume:6 ; number:2 ; day:10 ; month:01 ; year:2021 ; Global histories ; 6, Heft 2 (10.01.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Carberry, Katherine Amelia

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/GHSJ.2021.375
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022011412044843179093
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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