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OverviewGrounded in the ubiquitous, ever-changing matter of fashion, Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion places women at the heart of modern culture. Rich and cohesive, this collection demonstrates how fashion shaped and emerged from diverse cultures of femininity and modernity. By recovering fashion as a dynamic and far-reaching force in culture and politics, the volume examines the nuanced and conflicted terrain of femininity from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Revealing the inextricability of fashion from modern life, the volume argues for placing gender, everyday life, and materiality at the forefront of our accounts of modernity. This transatlantic and truly interdisciplinary collection, with an afterword by distinguished literary scholar Rita Felski, is also notable for its mix of established and emerging scholars. The contributors address diverse aspects of women's engagement with fashion in modernity, through such topics as Sapphic architecture, tea gowns, secondhand clothing, transnational identity, the coquette, nursing uniforms, and Harlem Renaissance photographs. Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion traces a unique and often surprising history of modernity and its entwinement with the gendered phenomenon of fashion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth M. Sheehan , Ilya Parkins , Rita FelskiPublisher: University of New Hampshire Press Imprint: University of New Hampshire Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.765kg ISBN: 9781611680010ISBN 10: 1611680018 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 11 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe editors of Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion, Ilya Parkins and Elizabeth M. Sheehan, have arranged a well-written collection of essays perfect for art research libraries focused not only on the study of fashion, but also on the study of femininity and modernity in nineteenth-century Western culture. . . Taking all the book's elements into consideration, this is a highly recommended resource for an art research library. --ARLIS/NA Reviews ARLIS/NA Reviews The editors of Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion, Ilya Parkins and Elizabeth M. Sheehan, have arranged a well-written collection of essays perfect for art research libraries focused not only on the study of fashion, but also on the study of femininity and modernity in nineteenth-century Western culture. . . Taking all the book's elements into consideration, this is a highly recommended resource for an art research library. -- ARLIS/NA Reviews The editors of Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion, Ilya Parkins and Elizabeth M. Sheehan, have arranged a well-written collection of essays perfect for art research libraries focused not only on the study of fashion, but also on the study of femininity and modernity in nineteenth-century Western culture. . . Taking all the book s elements into consideration, this is a highly recommended resource for an art research library. ARLIS/NA Reviews Author InformationILYA PARKINS is an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.||ELIZABETH M. SHEEHAN is an assistant professor of English at Ithaca College Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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