Dandyism in the age of Revolution
Subtitle: the art of the cut
By: Elizabeth Amann
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780226187259
Subjects: Social aspects; Dandyism; History
Description: In Dandyism in the Age of Revolution, Elizabeth Amann shows that in France, England, and Spain, daring dress became a way of taking a stance toward the social and political upheaval of the period. France is the centerpiece of the story, not just because of the significance of the Revolution but also because of the speed with which both its politics and fashions shifted. Dandyism in France represented an attempt to recover a political center after the extremism of the Terror, while in England and Spain it offered a way to reflect upon the turmoil across the Channel and Pyrenees. From the Hair Powder Act, which required users of the product implications of the feather in Yankee Doodle's hat, Amann aims to revise our understanding of the origins of modern dandyism and to recover the political context from which it emerged. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Muscadins; title: Jeunes gens; title: Incroyables; title: Currutacos; title: Crops; title: Epilogue.