THE QUESTION OF A ‘NATIONAL DRESS’ AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY. DEMAND, CONSUMPTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FAMILY ECONOMY

Authors

  • Máximo García Fernández University of Valladolid

Keywords:

family, material culture, consumption, female costumes, National Costume, 18th century

Abstract

In line with our research project: Family, social identity, hereditary transmission and material culture..., we claim the role of inherited appearances or new acquisitions as a way of identifying public (gender, marital status, age or "urbanity"), according to the processes of social mobility, to tray to make sure the transition from Spanish family structured around the lineage to conjugal type and where the individualism was increasingly more important. In that sense, the anonymous "Project of a National Costume" (1788) was looking for the benefit of the public image of a courtesan sufficiently well dressed, influencing household saving without loss of the status hierarchy while avoiding the spread of foreign fashions.

         

Author Biography

  • Máximo García Fernández, University of Valladolid

    Professor of Modern History in the Department of Modern, Contemporary and American History of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Valladolid, where he received his doctorate in History with the thesis entitled "The Castilians, death and the afterlife in the Old Regime. Religiosity, collective attitudes and economic behavior".vHis main lines of research focus on various scientific fields. The first and fundamental deals with the history of mentalities (The Castilians and death. Religiosity and collective behavior in the Old Regime, Publications Service of the Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, 1996); At the same time, he delves into the knowledge of the family and economic framework of inheritances and family assets (Inheritance and family assets in Castilla del Antiguo Régimen. 1650-1834. Socioeconomic effects of death and the partition of assets, Publications Service of the University of Valladolid, Valladolid, 1995); or the guild history of Valladolid (The old Valladolid trades, Michelin and Consortium of the IV Centenary of the City of Valladolid, Valladolid, 1996). He is currently part of the research team Consumption and Marketing of textiles in Castile and Cantabria, 1750-1914. The result of this project has been the work "Consumption, living conditions and marketing. Catalonia and Castile, ss. XVIII-XIX" (B. Yun Casalilla and J. Torras (eds.), Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Castilla y León, Ávila, 1999) in which he has collaborated with the work ŤDotal assets in the city of Valladolid. 1650-1850. Household trousseau, material culture and evolution of consumption and demandť.

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Issue

No. 24 (2011): Social history of the family. Reflections on the family in pre-industrial Spain

Section

Dosier Monográfico

How to Cite

THE QUESTION OF A ‘NATIONAL DRESS’ AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY. DEMAND, CONSUMPTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FAMILY ECONOMY. (2025). Norba. Revista De Historia - NRH, 24, 151-165. https://revista-norbahistoria.unex.es/index.php/NRH/article/view/992