Alana Rachel McPake

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-1900

Research title: ‘Make do and mend’ to ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’: Attitudes towards Clothing Production and Consumption in Postwar Britain

Research Summary

My research explores attitudes towards clothing consumption and production in Britain since 1945. In particular, it looks at how many of the practices championed in sustainability and zero-waste conversations are revivals or adaptations of historical traditions. 

Publications

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2021

McPake, A. (2021) Boundaries of (dis)belief: past and present in period television drama and its cultural reception. eSharp, 29, pp. 47-59.

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Articles

McPake, A. (2021) Boundaries of (dis)belief: past and present in period television drama and its cultural reception. eSharp, 29, pp. 47-59.

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Supervisors

Grants

AHRC-SGSAH DTP Studentship (2021-2025)

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant in History 2A: The Social and Cultural History of Europe.

Additional Information

I am currently the Secretary for Historical Perspectives, a cross-disciplinary postgraduate network for historical research.


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