SOZIALE LAGE UND TRACHT IN KLEINKUMANIEN IM 18.–19. JAHRHUNDERT1
SOCIAL POSITION AND DRESS IN THE KISKUNSÁG REGION IN THE 18TH–19TH CENTURIES
Author(s): Erzsébet Bánki MolnárSubject(s): Cultural history, Regional Geography, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Kiskunság; Kiskun District; dress of self-redeemed serfs; dress of servants; dress rules;
Summary/Abstract: The article gives a glimpse into the dress culture of the Kiskun District that existed from the late 17th century to 1876, located in the region between the Rivers Danube and Tisza. Drawing on research in archives, it examines the costumes worn by women and men in the different social strata and the regulations governing dress. The manner of dress that developed as a result of the bans and regulations can be reconstructed from the documents of litigation, wills, inventories of estates and reports by the board of guardians. Using examples taken from this archive material the author presents several festive and everyday costumes, showing that dress had the function of indicating status. She concludes that the leaders of local society used the regulations on dress to support the preservation of external appearances reflecting social status.
Journal: Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
- Issue Year: 45/2000
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 37-45
- Page Count: 9
- Language: German
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