Simpson, JM (2014) Materials for mourning: Bereavement literature and the afterlife of clothes. Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 5 (2). pp. 253-270. ISSN 2040-4417
Abstract
While the Judeao-Christian tradition has tended to regard clothing as ephemeral, its role in mourning and memorialization suggests that this is not the case. Using written accounts of bereavement, I demonstrate that clothing shapes and maintains relationships between the living and the dead, allowing mourners to process loss and translate the memory of those who have died into ancestor myths.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Intellect Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Death; Memory; Mourning; Clothing; ancestor; bereavement; divestment |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2016 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2018 15:27 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/csfb.5.2.253_1 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/csfb.5.2.253_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93772 |