Dr Viktoria Ivleva viktoria.ivleva@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Social Life of the Caftan in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Ivleva, Victoria
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Abstract
This article explores the ‘cultural biography’ of the caftan, a garment, which underwent significant changes as a part of Peter I’s urban clothing revolution. The article discusses the evolution of the caftan and changes in its functions and meanings, its historical, social and literary modes of circulation, and the semiotic value it acquired in the eighteenth-century clothing system, and more broadly, in eighteenth-century Russian culture. As a key garment of the Petrine dress reforms, the caftan became a material symbol of eighteenth-century modernizing processes, and was often employed by writers to comment on social and cultural policies and practices. When the caftan (as part of a uniform) started to be associated with state control, and the infringement on individual freedom, this garment was replaced by the dressing gown, which became a symbol of internal peace, freedom and creativity in literature and cultural life.
Citation
Ivleva, V. (2016). Social Life of the Caftan in Eighteenth-Century Russia. Clothing cultures, 3(3), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1386/cc.3.3.171_1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 12, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 16, 2017 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Clothing Cultures |
Print ISSN | 2050-0742 |
Electronic ISSN | 2050-0750 |
Publisher | Intellect |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 171-189 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1386/cc.3.3.171_1 |
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