The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 - Paperback

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The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 - Paperback

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 - Paperback

by Barbara Burman , Ariane Fennetaux
$25.00
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Book Overview

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019

"A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned."--Roberta Smith's "Top Art Books of 2019," The New York Times

This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women's everyday lives--from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen--and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women's stories into intimate focus.

"What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them."--Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian


"A brilliant book."--Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement
ISBN9780300253740
Author Barbara Burman , Ariane Fennetaux
PublisherYale University Press
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages264
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 - Paperback

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 - Paperback

By Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux
About Barbara Burman
Barbara Burman is a writer and former academic at the University of Southampton and the University of the Arts, London. She is coauthor of The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 and the editor of The Culture of Sewing. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives near Cambridge.
About Ariane Fennetaux
Barbara Burman is an independent scholar, and Ariane Fennetaux is associate professor of eighteenth-century history at the Université de Paris.

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