Accessories to modernity : fashion and the feminine in nineteenth-century France

La Femme comme il (en) faut and the pursuit of distinction -- Unpacking the Corbeille de mariage -- "Cashmere fever": virtue and the domestication of the exotic -- Mademoiselle Ombrelle: shielding the fair sex -- Fan fetish: gender, nostalgia, and commodification -- Between good intentions...

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VerfasserIn: Hiner, Susan (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia [u.a.] : University of Pennsylvania Press , c2010
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Bibliogr. Hinweis:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Susan Hiner, Accessories to modernity, fashion and the feminine in nineteenth-century France]
Verantwortlich:Susan Hiner
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Zusammenfassung:La Femme comme il (en) faut and the pursuit of distinction -- Unpacking the Corbeille de mariage -- "Cashmere fever": virtue and the domestication of the exotic -- Mademoiselle Ombrelle: shielding the fair sex -- Fan fetish: gender, nostalgia, and commodification -- Between good intentions and ulterior motives: the culture of handbags -- Epilogue. The feminine accessory
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 281 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9780812242591
0812242599