美国奴隶的服饰叙事研究

On American Slaves' Clothes and Dressing Described in Their Narratives

来自西非的奴隶先是在大西洋航程中经历了一场文化剥夺,接着在北美大陆扎根后被迫接受了白人提供的粗糙服装。早期主要是从欧洲进口"粗袋布",19世纪从新英格兰输入的"黑人布"则日渐显示了重要性,不过本地生产的服装在18和19世纪都不罕见。尽管在服装质料和数量方面面临着阶级规范的强大压制,美国奴隶仍在布料着色、缝补风格和头巾使用等方面形成了鲜明的着装特色。

In the Middle Passage Slaves from Western Africa were firstly deprived of their cultural heritage on their dress,and then after taking root on the mainland of North America had to accept the crude clothes provided by the whites.In the early times was mainly Osnaburg,and in the 19^(th) century Negro Clothgradually predominated,nevertheless in either times clothes produced on local plantations were not scarce.Although confronted with the strong suppression of class norm on their cloth quality and quantity,American slaves distinctly shaped their dressing characters on dying or stitching-up clothes and wearing headbands.