Dress Code in the Frontier Life: How People Adapted to Survive as Seen in James Fenimore Cooper’s Novel The Pioneers

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10.2991/978-2-38476-140-1_23How to use a DOI?

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Dress Code; Frontier Life; Survive; Pioneer

Abstract

People need to adjust to all aspects of life when they move to a new area with drastically different conditions. One of these elements is how people dress or the dress code. The clothing worn in coastal regions differs greatly from that worn in frontier or wilderness areas. The immigrants who occupy the frontier have a very intimate connection with American history. They come from various social backgrounds, but they all want to achieve the American Dream. This study tries to investigate the frontier dress code in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Pioneers. This study employs the American Studies method, which combines literary, historical, and sociological methodologies. The disciplines of history and sociology are employed in this study to supplement existing materials in the literature. The information is primarily drawn from James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, The Pioneers. The novel is used as a starting point in the study to describe the dress code in frontier life. Other sources of information include magazines, newspapers, and historical and sociological pieces. This study concludes that people need to change their dress code when living on the frontier in order to thrive in their new environment.

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AU  - Riyatno
AU  - Asih Ernawati
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DA  - 2023/11/07
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BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Linguistics, and Literature (COLALITE 2023)
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