
Sujet
GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7, 1900-1920. Creator: Edgar Littée.
Légende
The title of this French colonial postcard (GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7) exemplifies the standard naming structure that categorized “exotic” native subjects in the form of ethnic and occupational “types.” Presenting the image subjects in this way conveyed the perception of them as “tame” colonial subjects capable of assimilation into European ways of life. The woman in this image wears a traditional, five-piece French Caribbean formal ensemble called a douillette, which is derived from the grand robe worn by early French settlers. Prior to Emancipation, dress codes required enslaved women to wear a chemise jupe, an informal bodice and skirt ensemble. Douillettes would have been worn by mulattas and free black women. Following Emancipation, black women resisted these old dress codes by donning elaborate douillettes that were previously forbidden.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A73_455
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
120,2Mo (8,9Mo) / 44,7cm x 67,4cm / 5282 x 7957 (300dpi)