Modern Venus

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Modern Venus

Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic World

Gernerd, Elisabeth

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

11/2023

280

Mole

Inglês

9781350293373

15 a 20 dias

454

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List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Fashioning the Modern Venus
1. Head First: Brimmed Hats and Calashes on the Tides of Fashion
2. 'Let Us Examine Their Tails': The Material and Satirical Lifecycles of Cork Rumps and Bums
3. By Hand: Silk and Fur Muffs
4. Tight Lacing: The Motifs and Materiality of Stays
Conclusion: 'The Fickle Goddess'

Bibliography
Index
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underwear; accessories; 18th-century; political; character; sociability; fashionability; Britain; Atlantic World; dress history; women's lives