Modern Venus : Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-century Atla...
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- Book Title
- Modern Venus : Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-
- ISBN
- 9781350293373
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Modern Venus : Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Item Width
- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 28 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character, sociability, fashionability, and even political allegiances. These so-called ephemeral flights of fashion were not peripheral and supplementary, but highly charged artefacts, acting as cultural currency in contemporary society. The Modern Venus highlights the significance of these elements of a woman's wardrobe in 1770s and 1780s Britain and the Atlantic World, and shows how they played their part in transforming fashionable dress when this was expanding to new heights and volumes. Dissecting the female silhouette into regions of the body and types of dress and shifting away from a broad-sweeping stylistic evolution, this book explores these potent players within the woman's armoury. Marrying material, archival and visual approaches to dress history, and drawing on a rich range of sources - including painted portraiture, satirical prints, diaries, memoirs - The Modern Venus unpacks dress as a medium and mediator in women's lives. It demonstrates the importance of these overlooked garments in defining not just a woman's silhouette, but also her social and cultural situation, and thereby shapes our understanding of late 18th-century life. With over 125 color images, The Modern Venus is a remarkable resource for scholars, students and costume lovers alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1350293377
ISBN-13
9781350293373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11058362779
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Modern Venus : Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt585
Reviews
"Meticulously researched and methodologically innovative, The Modern Venus reveals how underwear and accessories shaped not just women's bodies, but their engagement with the world. This sumptuous book is a must read for anyone interested in 18th-century material, literary and visual culture." -- Jennie Batchelor, University of York, UK "A seriously interesting fashion history book on late 18th-century underwear and accessories, based on first-rate research. Great images, highly readable and intelligently planned and written." -- Lou Taylor, University of Brighton, UK, Meticulously researched and methodologically innovative, The Modern Venus reveals how underwear and accessories shaped not just women's bodies, but their engagement with the world. This sumptuous book is a must read for anyone interested in 18th-century material, literary and visual culture.
Table of Content
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
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
History & Criticism, Textile & Costume, Fashion & Accessories, Gender Studies, Social History
Lccn
2023-290591
Dewey Decimal
391.209182109033
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Design, History, Social Science
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