Modern Venus
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
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
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
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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