The Devil's Stuff. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabrics.
Points| N° d'inventaire | 8218 |
| Format | 10.5 x 18 |
| Détails | 183 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757841785 |
Stripes and striped fabrics have long remained marks of exclusion or infamy in the West. Stripes were worn by those on the margins of Christian society or outside it: jugglers, musicians, jesters, executioners, prostitutes, convicts, heretics, Jews, Muslims, and, in images, the Devil and all his creatures. Without eradicating these very negative stripes, the Romantic era saw the emergence of a new form of stripes, positive and linked to new ideas of freedom, youth, and progress. In contemporary societies, these two types of stripes coexist: those of prisoners' clothing, the underworld, and dangerous places, and those of play, sport, hygiene, and the beach.
Stripes and striped fabrics have long remained marks of exclusion or infamy in the West. Stripes were worn by those on the margins of Christian society or outside it: jugglers, musicians, jesters, executioners, prostitutes, convicts, heretics, Jews, Muslims, and, in images, the Devil and all his creatures. Without eradicating these very negative stripes, the Romantic era saw the emergence of a new form of stripes, positive and linked to new ideas of freedom, youth, and progress. In contemporary societies, these two types of stripes coexist: those of prisoners' clothing, the underworld, and dangerous places, and those of play, sport, hygiene, and the beach.