{"product_id":"accessories-to-modernity-9780812242591","title":"Accessories to Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. La Femme comme il (en) faut and the Pursuit of Distinction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Unpacking the Corbeille de mariage\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Cashmere Fever\": Virtue and the Domestication of the Exotic\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mademoiselle Ombrelle: Shielding the Fair Sex\u003cbr\u003e 5. Fan Fetish: Gender, Nostalgia, and Commodification\u003cbr\u003e 6. Between Good Intentions and Ulterior Motives: The Culture of Handbags\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. The Feminine Accessory\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51926124167511,"sku":"9780812242591","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812242591.jpg?v=1760622227","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/accessories-to-modernity-9780812242591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}