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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12732396782021-08-03T05:59:14Z "Dem caa dress yah!" : dress as resistance and accommodation among Jamaican women from slavery to freedom, 1760-1890 Buckridge, Steeve O. <p>This project is a study of how dress functioned as an instrument of both resistance to slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre- and post-emancipation Jamaicansociety. Further, the project will illuminate the complexities of accommodation and resistance, showing that these responses were not polar opposites, but melded into each other. This analysis will enhance our knowledge of the Black Atlantic, the role of British colonialism within the Caribbean, and the impact of the diaspora on African women.Meanwhile, the focus on dress will stimulate further scholarly work on women's material culture, the role of women in British West Indian history, and African women's ability to maintain expressive cultural strategies as a means of survival.</p><p>The subjects of this study are slave and freed women who lived in British colonial Jamaica and were African or of African descent. I argue that these women had somecontrol over their clothing whether as resistors or accommodators and they were able to maintain and nurture African cultural characteristics in their dress.</p><p>I also discuss the aesthetic value of West African women's dress and the African customs in dress that were brought to Jamaica by African slaves. I explore how thesecustoms in dress were nurtured and maintained. I show that changes in dress occurred from slavery to emancipation, from more African modes to more European-influencedstyles that accompanied greater possibilities for social mobility. This study also includes a discussion of carnival dress as an example of simultaneous resistance andaccommodation expressed in ambiguous meanings, and the role of dress in contemporary Jamaican society.</p><p>The inter-disciplinary nature of this study is heightened by the use of primary and secondary sources, deriving not only from history and women studies, but also from anthropology, social psychology, historical linguistics and textiles and clothing. My findings are not definitive, but rather suggestive as to how dress, as an artifact and a part of material culture can be used to communicate aspects of women's lives such as genderrelations, identity, and class within the Jamaican plantocracy.</p> 1998 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1273239678 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1273239678 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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