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"Shaping Femininity is the first large-scale study of the materiality, production, consumption and meanings of foundation garments for women in 16th and 17th-century England, when the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. With a nuanced approach that incorporates transdisciplinary methodologies and a stunning array of visual and written sources, the book reorients discussions about female foundation garments in English and wider European history. It argues that these objects of material culture, such as bodies, busks, farthingales and bum-rolls, shaped understandings of the female…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2021Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 288 pages · 9781350164116
- Other · English · 2021Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781350164109
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