This article surveys the state of the field of material culture within the discipline of history.
The study of material culture–the myriad layers of cultural meaning embedded within objects …

Historical, folk, and opera costumes are part of cultural heritage, embodying the history,
culture, art, and spirit of given nations. Due to aging and various damages, handed-down …

Fashion, by dint of the fact that it is designed to be worn, is inextricably linked with the body.
Yet until recently, much analysis of fashion has tended to neglect the experience of dress as …

Virtual reality opens new ways for reconstructing, preserving and exhibiting clothing and
textiles. This applies particularly to those from an archaeological context, which can be …

A theoretical framework for reconstruction as an integrated scholarly research method
across a range of disciplines is long overdue. This paper discusses the usefulness of …

What if researchers interested in 'the past'used their noses? This open access book makes
the case for a more imaginatively interdisciplinary approach to sensory heritage and history …

The convergence of queer studies with disability studies has imagined new possibilities of
sexuality, gender and the body, and developed Queer/Crip as a theoretical framework …

Gender and weight are produced through dress before a child comes into the world. But
dressing the body in ways that produce and embody one's own understanding of gender is …

Purpose Digital technologies are widely used for digitization of museum and archival
heritage and creation of digital, multimedia and online exhibitions, especially in terms of …

This article offers a new view on 'period'or–as we propose to call it–'historically
informed'costume. We consider 'historically informed'costume a product of a specific mode of …