The Pocket - A Hidden History of Women's Lives
Eleri LynnBarbara Burmann & Ariane Fennetaux
This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus.
Diese Buch untersucht die im Zeitraum 1660 bis 1900 unter der Frauenkleidung verborgen zu tragende Taschen anhand erhaltener Exemplare, bildlicher Darstellungen und Zeitzeugenberichten ihrer Trägerinnen.
Format 17,5 x 23,5 cm, Paperback, 264 Seiten, ca. 200 farbige Abbildungen, englischer Text, Best.-Nr. YAL005
