Description: Shaping Femininity : Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England, Paperback by Bendall, Sarah A., ISBN 1350164100, ISBN-13 9781350164109, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form of stays, corsets, hoop petticoats and crinolines, right up until the twentieth century. With a nuanced approach that incorporates a stunning array of visual and written sources and drawing on transdisciplinary methodologies, Shaping Femininity explores the relationship between material culture and femininity by examining the lives of a wide range of women, from queens to courtiers, farmers wives and servants, uncovering their lost voices and experiences. It reorients discussions about female foundation garments in English and wider European history, arguing that these objects of material culture began to shape and define changing notions of the feminine bodily ideal, social status, sexuality and modesty in the early modern period, influencing enduring Western notions of femininity.
Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, Shaping Femininity is the first large-scale exploration of the materiality, production, consumption and meanings of womens foundation garments in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. It offers a fascinating insight into dress and fashion in the early modern period, and offers much of value to all those interested in the history of early modern women and gender, material culture and consumption, and the history of the body, as well as curators and reconstructors.
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Book Title: Shaping Femininity : Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in E
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Shaping Femininity : Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Modern / 16th Century, Fashion & Accessories, Gender Studies, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 33.9 Oz
Author: Sarah Bendall
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Design, Social Science, History, Crafts & Hobbies
Item Width: 7.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
