Fashioning the Victorians - (Dress, Body, Culture) by Rebecca Mitchell (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New Women'.
- About the Author: Rebecca N. Mitchell is Senior Lecturer of Victorian Literature at the University of Birmingham, UK.
- 264 Pages
- Art, Fashion & Accessories
- Series Name: Dress, Body, Culture
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About the Book
An essential sourcebook for fashion in the Victorian era, featuring primary source material and accessible introductions to the key social, political and cultural issues of the time that influenced the development of dress for both men and womenBook Synopsis
Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New Women'. A user-friendly collection that provides a solid grounding in the fashion history of the nineteenth century, it brings together for the first time sources that trace the evolution of dress and the social, cultural and political discourses that influenced it.Featuring seminal writings by authors and commentators such as Oscar Wilde, Thorstein Veblen and Sarah Stickney Ellis, plus satirical cartoons, illustrations and fashion plates from key sources such as Punch magazine, it combines primary texts and illustrations with accessible explanatory notes to offer a wide-ranging overview of the period for both students and researchers.
Each section opens with an introduction that examines the major trends in Victorian clothing - and the material, economic, scientific and cultural forces driving those trends - situating the texts in the pressing social anxieties and pleasures of the time. Exploring both menswear and womenswear, and key topics such as corsetry, dress reform and mourning, Mitchell extends her analysis into interdisciplinary fields including gender studies and literature, and guides the reader with a timeline, glossary and further readings.
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Fashioning the Victorians is a first-rate contribution to the teaching of 19th century fashion, dress, and culture. Exploring how fashion was deeply integrated into the fabric of the time, this valuable and interdisciplinary book will be the basis of lively classroom discussion.
A well-researched and properly illustrated text that weaves together contemporary sources for a fascinating look into the wardrobes of Victorian Britain.
About the Author
Rebecca N. Mitchell is Senior Lecturer of Victorian Literature at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of Victorian Lessons in Empathy and Difference (2011) and co-author of Oscar Wilde's Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery (2015), among other works.Dimensions (Overall): 9.6 Inches (H) x 7.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Fashion & Accessories
Series Title: Dress, Body, Culture
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Author: Rebecca Mitchell
Language: English
Street Date: May 17, 2018
TCIN: 90825911
UPC: 9781350023406
Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-6847
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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