Haidt, Rebecca. Women, work and clothing in eighteenth-century Spain

Folger bibliographic ID: 263890
Folger call number: PQ2099 .B3 2011:11
Folger holdings ID: 349440
Accession Number: 155554

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-339) and index

Contents

Petimetria, women's work and the economics of desire -- Petimetras, seamstresses, modistas : clothing work and the margins of 'decency' -- 'Todo lo hago yo' : petimetras, criadas and the value of clothing-related (house)work -- Migrations of women, work and goods -- Majas, petimetras and 'decency' : the wretchedness of modas, the nobility of sal -- Petimetras and ragpickers : 'La flor de Europa' -- Conclusion

Extended title: Women, work and clothing in eighteenth-century Spain / Rebecca Haidt

Women Women's clothing

author: Haidt, Rebecca, 1961-
associated with: Voltaire Foundation