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Honored values and valued objects : the Society for Creative Anachronism

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Turner, Althea L.

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In this dissertation, I posited the need to understand how an invented community (the Society for Creative Anachronism) constructs symbolic meaning in material objects and value systems. Using ethnographic methods, I focused on the Knights and their regalia as this is the most widely accepted material symbolism. People go to...

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Dissertation

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a “Last Tournament” based on an event in 1839 Scotland that recalled Sir Walter Scott’s vision of
To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:

Giulietti, Michael P.

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The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...

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Masters Thesis
"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

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Mower, Jennifer M.

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The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...

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Dissertation

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