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Interpreting the Early Modern WorldMrs. Perrin’s “Tranklements”: Community Life and Class Distinction in (Post)Industrial-Era Cheshire

Interpreting the Early Modern World: Mrs. Perrin’s “Tranklements”: Community Life and Class... [Archaeological studies have greatly enhanced our appreciation of the complex materiality that supports everyday expressions of social identity. Traditionally, this work has interpreted artefacts and architecture as physical markers of group affiliation, class aspiration, or ethnic solidarity. This chapter questions such direct material “readings” by considering the intricate family ties, kinship networks, and community relationships that choreograph daily practices of social identity. Juxtaposing images created through three very different sources (artefactual, oral historical, and documentary), the study explores the complicated intricacies of class distinction within a rural English community over the early decades of the twentieth century.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Interpreting the Early Modern WorldMrs. Perrin’s “Tranklements”: Community Life and Class Distinction in (Post)Industrial-Era Cheshire

Part of the Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology Book Series
Editors: Beaudry, Mary C.; Symonds, James
Whitehead, Sarah; Casella, Eleanor Conlin
Interpreting the Early Modern World — Sep 30, 2010
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Springer US
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
ISBN
978-0-387-70758-7
Pages
177 –195
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-70759-4_9
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Abstract

[Archaeological studies have greatly enhanced our appreciation of the complex materiality that supports everyday expressions of social identity. Traditionally, this work has interpreted artefacts and architecture as physical markers of group affiliation, class aspiration, or ethnic solidarity. This chapter questions such direct material “readings” by considering the intricate family ties, kinship networks, and community relationships that choreograph daily practices of social identity. Juxtaposing images created through three very different sources (artefactual, oral historical, and documentary), the study explores the complicated intricacies of class distinction within a rural English community over the early decades of the twentieth century.]

Published: Sep 30, 2010

Keywords: Social Identity; Class Distinction; Community Life; Oral History; Domestic Life

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