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Beschreibung

'All the Rage sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' Sunday Times

At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson reveals the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body.

Full of surprising facts - the feminist plastic surgeon, the radioactive corset - alongside stories of the 'New Women' who discovered freedom by bobbing their hair, those who were the early adopters of trousers, and early Black beauty entrepreneurs, this book chronicles the codes, the contradictions, the lies and the highs of beauty.

'This is a fascinating book: funny, unexpected, forgiving, political, personal, glamorous and yes, quietly, angry. Read it for the amazing stories; stay for the self-knowledge. Or the Revolution' Louisa Young, Prospect

'All the Rage sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' Sunday Times

At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson reveals the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body.

Full of surprising facts - the feminist plastic surgeon, the radioactive corset - alongside stories of the 'New Women' who discovered freedom by bobbing their hair, those who were the early adopters of trousers, and early Black beauty entrepreneurs, this book chronicles the codes, the contradictions, the lies and the highs of beauty.

'This is a fascinating book: funny, unexpected, forgiving, political, personal, glamorous and yes, quietly, angry. Read it for the amazing stories; stay for the self-knowledge. Or the Revolution' Louisa Young, Prospect

Über den Autor
Virginia Nicholson
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349014326
ISBN-10: 0349014329
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nicholson, Virginia
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 194 x 127 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Virginia Nicholson
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,418 kg
Artikel-ID: 131907623