THE FEMININE IDEAL
by Thesander, Marianne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1861890044
- ISBN 13
- 9781861890047
- Seller
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WARRNAMBOOL, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Reaktion Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 1861890044 . With illustrations, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. In "The Feminine Ideal", Marianne Thesander examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. She shows how the female body is constantly being changed, and by various sometimes punishing means made to fit in with current feminine physical ideals. The use of corsets, bras, make-up, cosmetics and body decoration either emphasizes or plays down specific aspects of the female form. Marianne Thesander considers: sin and virtue; the forbidden, the concealed, the alluring body; and, woman as object, fetish and erotic sign. With extensive use of illustrative material, she examines the fashion history of underwear from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the significance of changing 'models' of the feminine. ; 240 x 155mm; 228 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- M & A Simper Bookbinders (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19687
- Title
- THE FEMININE IDEAL
- Author
- Thesander, Marianne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1861890044
- ISBN 13
- 9781861890047
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 1861890044
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