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Withey, Alun.

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Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain = refined bodies /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain/ by Alun Withey.
其他題名:	refined bodies /
作者:	Withey, Alun.
出版者:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK : : 2016.,
面頁冊數:	x, 162 p. :ill., digital ;23 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
標題:	Body image - Social aspects - 18th century. - Great Britain -
電子資源:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137467485
ISBN:	9781137467485

Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain = refined bodies /
Withey, Alun.

Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britainrefined bodies /[electronic resource] :by Alun Withey. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2016. - x, 162 p. :ill., digital ;23 cm.

The second half of the eighteenth century brought important changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanour were projected onto the body, with emphasis laid upon neatness, elegance and a 'natural' body shape. Deformities were to be concealed, whilst bodily surfaces were managed to convey a harmonious whole. A large number of 'technologies of the body' were involved in this process, including wooden legs, elastic trusses, and even wigs. But the introduction of a new type of steel - cast steel - around 1750, offered new material possibilities for shaping the body. The physical properties of steel transformed the design and function of many instruments, from postural devices to spectacles, and even the smallest daily items of toilette. By no means was steel the only material involved in transforming the body. Neither did it simply sweep away all that had gone before. But, as an 'enlightened metal', cast steel was a key material in the refinement of the body.

ISBN: 9781137467485

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137467485doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

3258399
Body image
--Social aspects--Great Britain--18th century.

LC Class. No.: RA776.98 / .W58 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 646.7094109033

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