Title Accessories to modernity : fashion and the feminine in nineteenth-century France / Susan Hiner

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : illustrations Series EBL-Schweitzer Contents La Femme comme il (en) faut and the pursuit of distinction -- Unpacking the Corbeille de mariage -- "Cashmere fever": virtue and the domestication of the exotic -- Mademoiselle Ombrelle: shielding the fair sex -- Fan fetish: gender, nostalgia, and commodification -- Between good intentions and ulterior motives: the culture of handbags -- Epilogue. The feminine accessory Summary Examining fashion accessories in both novels and fashion discourses, Susan Hiner reframes the feminine accessory as a signifier of modernity and makes an important claim about the "accessory" status of women in nineteenth-century France: as both commodities and consumers, women were in fact "accessories to modernity." Analysis Cultural Studies Gender Studies Literature Women's Studies Notes OldControl:muse9780812205336 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Women -- France -- History -- 19th century Clothing and dress -- France -- History -- 19th century Fashion -- France -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French. Clothing and dress Fashion Manners and customs Women SUBJECT France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051505 Subject France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812205336 0812205332

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