ISBN:
9781509546596
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 208 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Uniform Title:
Duft der Imperien
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Schlögel, Karl The scent of empire
DDC:
391.630944
Keywords:
Perfumes Social aspects
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Perfumes History 20th century
;
Perfumes industry History 20th century
;
Manners and customs History 20th century
;
Civilization, Modern 20th century
;
Žemčužina, Polina Semënovna 1897-1970
;
Chanel, Coco 1883-1971
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Sowjetunion
;
Frankreich
;
Parfüm
Abstract:
Extracurricular activity -- The scent of the empire, or how Le Bouquet de Catherine from 1913 led to Chanel No. 5 and the Soviet perfume Red Moscow after the Russian Revolution -- Scentscapes. Proust's Madeleine and historiography -- When 'the weakest link breaks in the imperialist chain' (Lenin). The world of scents and the olfactory revolution -- Departure from the belle époque and clothes for the New Woman. Chanel's and Lamanova's double revolution -- Chanel's Russian connection -- French connection in Moscow? The 'fatherland of workers' and traces of Mikhail Bulgakov -- Auguste Michel's incomplete project: a Palace of Soviets perfume -- The seductive scent of power. Coco Chanel and Polina Zhemchuzhina Molotova. Two careers in the twentieth century -- From another world. The smoke of the crematoria and the smell of Kolyma -- After the war. Man cannot live on bread alone. The New Look and Stilyagi -- Excursus: The grande dame of German film Olga Chekhova, cosmetics and the dream of eternal youth -- How One World smells -- Not only the Black Square: Malevich's perfume bottle.
Abstract:
"How the turbulent history of the 20th century can be read in a vial of perfume"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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