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.
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.
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The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900: Burman, Barbara, Fennetaux, Ariane: 9780300253740: : Books
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900: Burman, Barbara, Fennetaux, Ariane: 9780300253740: : Books
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 : Burman, Barbara, Fennetaux, Ariane: : Books
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A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019“A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.”—Roberta Smith’s “Top Art Books of 2019,” The New York
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