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

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Examining fashion accessories in both novels and fashion discourses, Susan Hiner reframes the feminine accessory as a signifier of modernity and makes an important claim about the "accessory" status of women in nineteenth-century France: as both commodities and consumers, women were in fac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hiner, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:EBL-Schweitzer
Temas:
1800-1899
Women > France > History > 19th century.
Clothing and dress > France > History > 19th century.
Fashion > France > History > 19th century.
Femmes > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Manners and customs
Women
France > Social life and customs > 19th century.
France > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
France
Cultural Studies.
Gender Studies.
Literature.
Women's Studies.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • 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.

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