The Pocket

A Hidden History of Women's Lives

Barbara Burman & Ariane Fennetaux

Description

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.

Details

  • Format
    Paperback
  • Pages
    264
  • Size
    230 x 180mm
  • Publisher
    Yale Univeristy Press
  • ISBN
    9780300253740
Stock Code
260353
Our Price
$41.99
1 in stock for immediate dispatch
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