Collection of articles about the history of Victorian fashion in Britain of the nineteenth century. This book brings together sources that trace the evolution of dress and the social, cultural and political discourses that influenced Victorian fashion. Each section presents a sample of writings and images connected to one of the seven themes: fashion theory, dress reform, crinolines and corsets, men's dress, occasional dress, production and industry and international influences. It combines primary texts by authors such as Oscar Wilde and Sarah Stickney Ellis and illustrations with explanatory notes to offer an overview of the period for both students and researchers. Also analysed are interdisciplinary fields including gender studies and literature. .
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Mitchell, Rebecca > (ed.)
Our grandmothers' gowns
Creator
Hunt, Alfred W. [mrs.]
Our grandmothers' gowns
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Hunt, Alfred W. [mrs.]
The 'It' girls
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Etherington-Smith, Meredith
Pilcher, Jeremy
The 'It' girls
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Etherington-Smith, Meredith
Pilcher, Jeremy
Health, art and reason
Creator
Newton, Stella Mary
Health, art and reason
Creator
Newton, Stella Mary
Women's history
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Barker, Hannah > (ed.)
Chalus, Elaine > (ed.)
Women's history
Britain witnessed huge changes between 1700 and 1850, as society adapted to unrecedented urbanization, commercialization, industrialization, imperial expansion and much more. this volume looks specifically at British women's experiences in the context of these major social, economic and cultural shifts. The chapters speak not of one overarching female historical experience, but of many experiences, of significant long-term continuities and of complex developments and changes. They speak, in particular, of tensions and opportunities, as notions of women and their place in society were examined and debated, and boundaries were extended or redrawn.
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Barker, Hannah > (ed.)
Chalus, Elaine > (ed.)
Dress in the age of Jane Austen
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Davidson, Hilary
Dress in the age of Jane Austen
This book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world described in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the Regency period between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. The author takes the reader through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. . .Jane Austen's observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age's rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts, illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates, and leads to an understanding of the history of one of Britain's most distinctive fashion eras.
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Davidson, Hilary
A day in the life of a Victorian domestic servant
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Davidoff, Leonore
A day in the life of a Victorian domestic servant
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Davidoff, Leonore
A magazine of her own?
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Beetham, Margaret
A magazine of her own?
Onderzoek naar Engelse vrouwentijdschriften verschenen tussen 1800 en 1914. Een aantal tijdschriften wordt uitgebreid beschreven. De auteur bekijkt hoe vrouwelijke eigenschappen als natuurlijk worden beschreven in categorieen als het romantische meisje, de modebewuste vrouw en de huisvrouw.
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Beetham, Margaret
Victorian women's magazines
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Beetham, Margaret > (ed.)
Boardman, Kay > (ed.)
Victorian women's magazines
This anthology offers representations of a range of different kinds of women's magazines and includes examples of the kind of materials (like covers and advertisements) which are often hard to find. The authors want to give the readers an idea of what these magazines were like and want to offer ways of making sense of a vast and relatively unharted field of enquiry. The focus is on the period when Victoria was on the British throne: 1837 to 1901.
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Beetham, Margaret > (ed.)
Boardman, Kay > (ed.)
Fashioning the feminine
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Buckley, Cheryl
Fawcett, Hilary
Fashioning the feminine
Explores how shifts in the social and economic situations of women have both shaped and been affected by fashionable images of femininity in four periods in Great Britain: at the Fin de Siècle, during the Great War, between the wars and since 1960.
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Buckley, Cheryl
Fawcett, Hilary
Bound to please
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Summers, Leigh
Bound to please
Author reveals how the corsets were a crucial element in constructing middle-class women as psychologically submissive subjects. Underlying this discussion are issues surrounding the development and expression of juvenile and adult sexuality.