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Perfection 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty

Lincoln Margarette
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780300264586
Publisert
2024-09-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Yale University Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Lincoln Margarette

Biographical note

Margarette Lincoln was a visiting researcher at the University of Portsmouth and is curator emerita of the National Maritime Museum. She is the author of numerous books, including London and the Seventeenth Century and Trading in War, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson Prize.

Perfection 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty

Lincoln Margarette
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Lincoln Margarette
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“Replete with the kind of revelatory historical anecdotes that make me so glad not merely that properly clever and learned writers such as Lincoln exist, but that those beyond academia can reap the benefits of their work.”—Megan Nolan, <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br /><br />“Margarette Lincoln chronicles the myriad extremes that women have gone to across four centuries in pursuit of the ideal face and form (if not pancreas). It’s not pretty. Fortunately, it’s pretty fascinating.”—Joanne Kaufman, <i>Air Mail</i><br /><br />“With dazzling intellectual acumen, this book examines the various ways in which women’s bodies have been expressed culturally. . . . A fascinating exploration of shifting beauty standards.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />“Whiteners, rouges, chicken gloves and skin dews: this immensely readable account investigates 400 years of women’s attempts to look their best. About so much more than personal vanity, Margarette Lincoln shows how beauty culture is bound up with complex value systems and social change.”—Carol Dyhouse, author of <i>Glamour: Women, History, Feminism</i><br /><br />“<i>Perfection</i> offers a thorough and holistic exploration of a subject which is often mistaken as superficial. It expertly weaves elements of the present into its investigation of the past in a way that is accessible, relatable, and highly informative. I’m sure many a curious mind will eagerly devour this.”—Bernadette Banner, fashion history YouTuber and author of <i>Make, Sew and Mend</i><br /><br />“A fantastic book on the history of women’s pursuit of health and beauty, well written and rich with historical detail. The aesthetic swings of fashion are well contextualized within broader historical trends, such as the growing commodification of beauty and the forms of media which shape ideas and ideals.”—Joanne Entwistle, author of <i>The Fashioned Body</i><br /><br />

A colourful account of women’s health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today’s viral trends   Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat’s tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woollen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied.   Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women’s health and beauty in fascinating detail. Through first-hand accounts and reports of physicians, quacks, and advertising, Lincoln captures women’s lived experience of consuming beauty products, and the excitement—and trauma—of adopting the latest fashion trends.   Considering everything from body sculpture, diet, and exercise to skin, teeth, and hair, Perfection is a vibrant account of women’s body-fashioning—and shows how intimately these practices are related to community and identity throughout history.
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A colourful account of women’s health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today’s viral trends
“Replete with the kind of revelatory historical anecdotes that make me so glad not merely that properly clever and learned writers such as Lincoln exist, but that those beyond academia can reap the benefits of their work.”—Megan Nolan, Daily Telegraph“Margarette Lincoln chronicles the myriad extremes that women have gone to across four centuries in pursuit of the ideal face and form (if not pancreas). It’s not pretty. Fortunately, it’s pretty fascinating.”—Joanne Kaufman, Air Mail“With dazzling intellectual acumen, this book examines the various ways in which women’s bodies have been expressed culturally. . . . A fascinating exploration of shifting beauty standards.”—Kirkus Reviews“Whiteners, rouges, chicken gloves and skin dews: this immensely readable account investigates 400 years of women’s attempts to look their best. About so much more than personal vanity, Margarette Lincoln shows how beauty culture is bound up with complex value systems and social change.”—Carol Dyhouse, author of Glamour: Women, History, Feminism“Perfection offers a thorough and holistic exploration of a subject which is often mistaken as superficial. It expertly weaves elements of the present into its investigation of the past in a way that is accessible, relatable, and highly informative. I’m sure many a curious mind will eagerly devour this.”—Bernadette Banner, fashion history YouTuber and author of Make, Sew and Mend“A fantastic book on the history of women’s pursuit of health and beauty, well written and rich with historical detail. The aesthetic swings of fashion are well contextualized within broader historical trends, such as the growing commodification of beauty and the forms of media which shape ideas and ideals.”—Joanne Entwistle, author of The Fashioned Body
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“Replete with the kind of revelatory historical anecdotes that make me so glad not merely that properly clever and learned writers such as Lincoln exist, but that those beyond academia can reap the benefits of their work.”—Megan Nolan, <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br /><br />“Margarette Lincoln chronicles the myriad extremes that women have gone to across four centuries in pursuit of the ideal face and form (if not pancreas). It’s not pretty. Fortunately, it’s pretty fascinating.”—Joanne Kaufman, <i>Air Mail</i><br /><br />“With dazzling intellectual acumen, this book examines the various ways in which women’s bodies have been expressed culturally. . . . A fascinating exploration of shifting beauty standards.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />“Whiteners, rouges, chicken gloves and skin dews: this immensely readable account investigates 400 years of women’s attempts to look their best. About so much more than personal vanity, Margarette Lincoln shows how beauty culture is bound up with complex value systems and social change.”—Carol Dyhouse, author of <i>Glamour: Women, History, Feminism</i><br /><br />“<i>Perfection</i> offers a thorough and holistic exploration of a subject which is often mistaken as superficial. It expertly weaves elements of the present into its investigation of the past in a way that is accessible, relatable, and highly informative. I’m sure many a curious mind will eagerly devour this.”—Bernadette Banner, fashion history YouTuber and author of <i>Make, Sew and Mend</i><br /><br />“A fantastic book on the history of women’s pursuit of health and beauty, well written and rich with historical detail. The aesthetic swings of fashion are well contextualized within broader historical trends, such as the growing commodification of beauty and the forms of media which shape ideas and ideals.”—Joanne Entwistle, author of <i>The Fashioned Body</i><br /><br />

A colourful account of women’s health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today’s viral trends   Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat’s tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woollen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied.   Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women’s health and beauty in fascinating detail. Through first-hand accounts and reports of physicians, quacks, and advertising, Lincoln captures women’s lived experience of consuming beauty products, and the excitement—and trauma—of adopting the latest fashion trends.   Considering everything from body sculpture, diet, and exercise to skin, teeth, and hair, Perfection is a vibrant account of women’s body-fashioning—and shows how intimately these practices are related to community and identity throughout history.
Les mer
A colourful account of women’s health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today’s viral trends
“Replete with the kind of revelatory historical anecdotes that make me so glad not merely that properly clever and learned writers such as Lincoln exist, but that those beyond academia can reap the benefits of their work.”—Megan Nolan, Daily Telegraph“Margarette Lincoln chronicles the myriad extremes that women have gone to across four centuries in pursuit of the ideal face and form (if not pancreas). It’s not pretty. Fortunately, it’s pretty fascinating.”—Joanne Kaufman, Air Mail“With dazzling intellectual acumen, this book examines the various ways in which women’s bodies have been expressed culturally. . . . A fascinating exploration of shifting beauty standards.”—Kirkus Reviews“Whiteners, rouges, chicken gloves and skin dews: this immensely readable account investigates 400 years of women’s attempts to look their best. About so much more than personal vanity, Margarette Lincoln shows how beauty culture is bound up with complex value systems and social change.”—Carol Dyhouse, author of Glamour: Women, History, Feminism“Perfection offers a thorough and holistic exploration of a subject which is often mistaken as superficial. It expertly weaves elements of the present into its investigation of the past in a way that is accessible, relatable, and highly informative. I’m sure many a curious mind will eagerly devour this.”—Bernadette Banner, fashion history YouTuber and author of Make, Sew and Mend“A fantastic book on the history of women’s pursuit of health and beauty, well written and rich with historical detail. The aesthetic swings of fashion are well contextualized within broader historical trends, such as the growing commodification of beauty and the forms of media which shape ideas and ideals.”—Joanne Entwistle, author of The Fashioned Body
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780300264586
Publisert
2024-09-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Yale University Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Lincoln Margarette

Biographical note

Margarette Lincoln was a visiting researcher at the University of Portsmouth and is curator emerita of the National Maritime Museum. She is the author of numerous books, including London and the Seventeenth Century and Trading in War, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson Prize.

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