What is it about?
Analyzing a corpus of popular oral traditions in English and Spanish (Anglo-American ballads and their Spanish counterparts, the "romances"), I track similarities that have to do with the social role of clothing, particularly some stereotypes and dress codes that shape social order and identities.
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Why is it important?
It is an unprecendented study in comparative literature. So far, and to the best of my knowldege, efforst had been undertaken to anlayze either the Spanish corpus in Hispanic settings or the ballads in English-speaking areas. Besides, there were several comparative studies but focused on Nordic and Slavic peoples as related to balladry, and Mediterranean or South American cultures as related to "romances." This article would thus fill in the gap in information on potential cross-influences in these two oral traditions, ballads and "romances."
Perspectives
This article is part of my PhD dissertation, entitled "Clothing Acts in Castilian Romances and Anglo-American Ballads" (2010), read at the University of Oviedo (Spain) for a doctorate in English Literature. It is the first published result of my research, which has since evolved in multiple directions down the line of comparative literature, gender, culture, and identity.
Dr Ana Belén Martínez García
Universidad de Navarra
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This page is a summary of: Social Definition and Clothing, The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Annual Review, January 2010, Common Ground Publishing,
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i01/53066.
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