
Imperio de la Moda: Spain's Empire of Fashion with Laura Beltrán-Rubio, Part I
06/22/21 • 35 min
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Art and fashion historian Laura Beltrán-Rubio joins us to share her expertise on the sartorial practices and symbolisms in Spain’s Imperio de la Moda or Empire of Fashion, beginning in the sixteenth century.
More on Laura's work http://imperiodemoda.com, https://laurabelru.com, https://fashionandrace.org/database/author/llbeltranrubio/, http://culturasdemoda.com.
Recommended Reading:
- Maya Stanfield-Mazzi's Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820 (2021)
- Ann Twinam's Public Lives, Private Secrets: Gender, Honor, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Colonial Spanish America (1999)
- Charles Walker's “Controlar los cuerpos femeninos y aplacar la ira de Dios: la reforma de la moral,” "El colonialismo en ruinas: Lima frente al terremoto y tsunami de 1746"
- Tamara Walker's Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima (2017)
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Art and fashion historian Laura Beltrán-Rubio joins us to share her expertise on the sartorial practices and symbolisms in Spain’s Imperio de la Moda or Empire of Fashion, beginning in the sixteenth century.
More on Laura's work http://imperiodemoda.com, https://laurabelru.com, https://fashionandrace.org/database/author/llbeltranrubio/, http://culturasdemoda.com.
Recommended Reading:
- Maya Stanfield-Mazzi's Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820 (2021)
- Ann Twinam's Public Lives, Private Secrets: Gender, Honor, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Colonial Spanish America (1999)
- Charles Walker's “Controlar los cuerpos femeninos y aplacar la ira de Dios: la reforma de la moral,” "El colonialismo en ruinas: Lima frente al terremoto y tsunami de 1746"
- Tamara Walker's Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima (2017)
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations
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Imperio de la Moda: Spain's Empire of Fashion with Laura Beltrán-Rubio, Part II
We continue our conversation with Laura Beltrán-Rubio on Spanish colonial fashion, focusing on the symbolism and significance of dress in the eighteenth century Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern day modern day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.)
More on Laura's work:
- http://imperiodemoda.com
- https://laurabelru.com
- https://fashionandrace.org/database/author/llbeltranrubio/
- http://culturasdemoda.com
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations
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