In the age of enlightenment

Author(s)

• McNeil, Peter

Bibliographic Information

In the age of enlightenment

edited by Peter McNeil

（The cultural histories series, . A cultural history of dress and fashion / general editor, Susan Vincent ; v. 4）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2018-2019

• : hb

Other Title

A cultural history of dress and fashion in the age of enlightenment

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-259) and index

"First published in Great Britain 2017. Reprinted 2018, 2019"--T.p. verso

ISBN for subseries set: 9781472557490

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits, more austere garments produced in darker fabrics also reflected the ascendancy of a puritan middle class as well as a more practical approach to dress. With the rise of print culture and reading publics, fashions were more quickly disseminated and debated than ever, and the appetite for fashion periodicals went hand in hand with a preoccupation with the emerging concept of taste. Richly illustrated with 100 images and drawing on pictorial, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Peter McNeil Chapter 1 - Textiles Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen Chapter 2 - Production and Distribution Beverly Lemire Chapter 3 - The Body Isabelle Paresys Chapter 4 - Belief Dagmar Freist Chapter 5 - Gender and Sexuality Dominic Janes Chapter 6 - Status Mikkel Venborg Pedersen Chapter 7 - Ethnicity Barbara Lasic Chapter 8 - Visual Representations Christian Huck Chapter 9 - Literary Representations Alicia Kerfoot Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB3167079X
• ISBN:
  • 9780857857613
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 268 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB27280543