writing

[frualeydis]

I'm currently writing a paper (3 pages) on clothing in sumptuary laws in Sweden from the late middle ages up to 1820 (the last one), from a gender perspective for a conference in the beginning of May (paper due the 15th of March). I haven't actually done all the research and analysis I'm supposed to talk about, but I've done most of it and i really need to finish this today so that I can start working on my article on changing body ideals around 1500, which also is due the 15th of March.
Though I have a hard time finishing this paper I have a good feeling about the whole thing and it may well turn into an article later.

Comments

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

That sounds really interesting. For some reason, I think sumptuary laws are so interesting - in terms of telling of what was common and uncommon in clothes, of course, but also in the whole political and moral backdrop it offers.

People working on Italian 15th and 16th sumptuary laws sometimes suggests the laws were meant (or rather functioned) as a sort of extra tax. Like, if you wanted to break the law, you would not be punished other than a fine of a certain amount. So if you were to hold a big wedding, you'd calculate for this fine at all the points you were breaking the law, and just pay up. Are there similar tendencies in Sweden/Scandinavia?

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Ther are a few examples, most notably the tax on panniers in the 18th century.

/Eva

[steelweaver.livejournal.com]

You have a cast iron work ethic. I'm still muddling on with my thesis after *mumble* years and you're knocking out papers left and right. Go you!