Three-Piece Suit and Modern Masculinity - England, 15501850

Informationen zum Autor David Kuchta is Adjunct Professor of History at the University of New England. Klappentext "[This] is an important contribution to our understanding of the transformations in England's economic! political! and social order between 1550 and 1850. Kuchta handles his assumptions! sources! and arguments with sure-handed grace."-Susan Kingsley Kent! author of Gender and Power in Britain! 1640 to 1990 Zusammenfassung In 1666, King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire, showing how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Conspicuous Constructions 2. The Old Sartorial Regime! 1550-1688 3. The Seventeenth-Century Fashion Crisis 4. The Three-Piece Suit 5. Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry!" 1688-1832 6. The Making of the Self-Made Man! 1750-1850 7. Inconspicuous Consumption Notes Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: David Kuchta, David Kuchta, Kuchta David
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2002
• EAN: 9780520214934
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21493-4
• No. of pages: 313
• Series: Studies on the History of Society and Culture; Studies on the History of Society and Culture; Studies on the History of Soci
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Gender studies: men and boys, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Gender Studies: Men