Stays and body image in London [electronic resource] : the staymaking trade, 1680-1810 / by Lynn Sorge-English.
Sorge-English, Lynn.
2011
HD9941.5.G73 L667 2011eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title Stays and body image in London [electronic resource] : the staymaking trade, 1680-1810 / by Lynn Sorge-English.
Author Sorge-English, Lynn.
ISBN 9781848930902 (electronic book)
9781317323358 (electronic book)
9781848930896
Publication Details London : Pickering & Chatto, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 285 p.) : ill.
Call Number HD9941.5.G73 L667 2011eb
Summary "Stays were the most important article of women's clothing in eighteenth-century life. Worn from infancy, they were designed to reshape the female body into an accepted aesthetic ideal. Starting with their production and trade, Sorge-English uses surviving examples to look at the intricacies of the staymaker's craft, the role of gender in design and manufacture of stays and their changing shape over time. The study shows how long-term use caused serious health problems throughout women's lives and that as they became more involved in the production process women influenced their design to become closer to the natural female form. This book takes a unique approach to the cultural and social history of clothing by combining material analysis with more traditional research methods that includes the discovery of an eighteenth-century staymaker's diary."--p. 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Body, gender and culture ; no. 6.
Available in Other Form Stays and body image in London.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Introduction
Stays Trade and Production in London
Stays Provision and Supply
Stays and the Body through the Life Cycle
Consumption: Class and Gender
Aesthetics of Body Image and Representation
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Works Cited
Index.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export