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Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain : refined bodies
- Title
- Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain : refined bodies / Alun Withey, Wellcome research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK.
- Author
- Withey, Alun
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- x, 162 pages : black and white illustrations; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Beauty, Personal > Great Britain > Equipment and supplies > History > 18th century
- Body image > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Hygiene > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Surgical instruments and apparatus > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Human body > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Etiquette > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-1513
- ISBN
- 1137467479
- 9781137467478
- OCLC
- 925397795
- Author
- Withey, Alun, author.
- Title
- Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain : refined bodies / Alun Withey, Wellcome research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-157) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-1513