The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900
Burman, Barbara2020
Book
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.
Main title:
The pocket : a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.
Author:
Burman, Barbara, authorFennetaux, Ariane, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Collation:
263 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780300253740 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.42094109033305.42
Language:
English
Subject:
Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th centuryWomen -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryPockets -- Social aspects -- HistoryDress accessories -- HistoryWomen's clothing -- HistorySociety18th century, c 1700 to c 179919th century, c 1800 to c 1899History of artFashion & textilesSocial & cultural history
BRN:
519165