The three-piece suit and modern masculinity: England, 1550 - 1850
Conspicuous constructions -- The old sartorial regime, 1550-1688 -- "Apparel oft proclaims the man" -- The crown proclaims the apparel -- Court capitalism -- Religious conformity to fashion -- The seventeenth-century fashion crisis -- "The mode is a tyrant" -- "A tailor made...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley [u.a.]
University of Californiarnia Press
2002
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| In: |
Studies on the history of society and culture (47)
Year: 2002 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kuchta, David, The Three-Piece Suit and Modern Masculinity: England, 1550-1850] (2004) (Koch, Mark)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies on the history of society and culture
47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Men's clothing
/ History 1550-1850
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Masculinity History B Men's clothing (England) History B Men's clothing England History B Thesis |
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| Summary: | Conspicuous constructions -- The old sartorial regime, 1550-1688 -- "Apparel oft proclaims the man" -- The crown proclaims the apparel -- Court capitalism -- Religious conformity to fashion -- The seventeenth-century fashion crisis -- "The mode is a tyrant" -- "A tailor made thee" -- "Popery and foppery" -- The moral economy of mercantilism -- The three-piece suit -- Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry," 1688-1832 -- "the manners of a republic" -- Gentlemanly capitalism -- Sublime masculinity -- The feminization of fashion -- The making of the self-made man, 1750-1850 -- "Character is power" -- The language of capital -- "The great masculine renunciation |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520214935 |