Earle, Rebecca (2003) Consumption and excess in Spanish America (1700-1830). Working Paper. Manchester: University of Manchester. Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies. Working paper (No.1).

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Abstract

It may be said without exaggeration, that the finest stuffs made in countries,
where industry is always inventing something new, are more generally seen
in Lima than in any other place; vanity and ostentation not being restrained
by custom or law.
With this grand overstatement the Spanish travellers Jorge Juan and Antonio de
Ulloa summed up their account of fashion in 1740s Lima. Dress in the capital of
colonial Peru, according to these men, differed from that of Europe only in its
extravagance. European goods and clothing, they insisted, were widely available,
which allowed the ladies of Lima to indulge their immoderate taste for Flemish lace
and pearls, to the ruination of their husbands. Such was these women’s passion for
finery that they often succumbed to uterine cancer, brought on, the travellers were
certain, by ‘their excessive use of perfumes’.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History > Comparative American Studies Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Latin America -- Civilization -- 18th century, Latin America -- Civilization -- 19th century, Latin America -- Social life and customs -- 18th century, Latin America -- Social life and customs -- 19th century, Fashion -- Latin America -- History -- 18th century, Fashion -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century, Luxury -- History -- 18th century, Luxury -- History -- 19th century, Consumption (Economics) -- Latin America -- History -- 18th century, Consumption (Economics) -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
Series Name:	Working paper
Publisher:	University of Manchester. Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies
Place of Publication:	Manchester
Official Date:	April 2003
Dates:	Date Event April 2003 Published
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	20
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)

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