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Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47.

JSTOR EBA.

Note

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral).

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-293) and index.

Contents

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."

Summary

In 1666 King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire.

Note

Print version record.

Local Note

JSTOR

Subject

Men's clothing -- England -- History.

Masculinity -- History.

Vêtements d'homme -- Angleterre -- Histoire.

Masculinité -- Histoire.

HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.

HISTORY -- Europe -- General.

Masculinity. (OCoLC)fst01011027

Men's clothing. (OCoLC)fst01016068

England. (OCoLC)fst01219920

Anzug

Herrenmode

Männlichkeit

Großbritannien

Kostuums.

Herenmode.

Mannelijkheid.

Genre/Form

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Other Form:

Print version: Kuchta, David, 1960- Three-piece suit and modern masculinity. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520214935 (DLC) 2001003099 (OCoLC)47023516

ISBN

9780520921399 (electronic bk.)

0520921399 (electronic bk.)

058546605X (electronic bk.)

9780585466057 (electronic bk.)

1597349542

9781597349543

0520214935

9780520214934