Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain : refined bodies / Alun Withey, Wellcome research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK.
- Withey, Alun
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
Physical description
x, 162 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-157) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Framing the enlightened body.--Shaping the body : the politics of posture.--Shaving and masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Britain.--Managing the body : the material culture of personal grooming.--New ways of seeing : sight, spectacles and self-fashioning.--Coda : surgical instruments and bodily transformation.--Conclusion : (re)constructing the Eighteenth-Century body.
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Subjects
- Body imageSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory18th century
- Beauty, PersonalGreat BritainEquipment and suppliesHistory18th century
- Human bodySocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory18th century
- HygieneSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory18th century
- EtiquetteGreat BritainHistory18th century
- Surgical instruments and apparatusGreat BritainHistory18th century
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineDA.AM.AA7Open shelves
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ISBN
- 1137467479
- 9781137467478