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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Ratgeber
Rubrik: Fitness & Gesundheit
Thema: Schönheit & Kosmetik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780300264586
ISBN-10: 0300264585
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lincoln, Margarette
Hersteller: Yale University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Zeitfracht Medien GmbH, Ferdinand-Jühlke-Str. 7, D-99095 Erfurt, produktsicherheit@zeitfracht.de
Abbildungen: 32 color + 16 b-w illus.
Maße: 238 x 160 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Margarette Lincoln
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2024
Gewicht: 0,622 kg
Artikel-ID: 128819424

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