ISBN:
0199659001
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9780199659005
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 346 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Universität London 2013
DDC:
942.107
Keywords:
Fashion History 18th century
;
Fame Social aspects 18th century
;
History
;
London (England) History 18th century
;
London (England) Social life and customs 18th century
;
London (England) Social conditions 18th century
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Hochschulschrift
;
London
;
Oberschicht
;
Gesellschaftsleben
;
Umgangsformen
;
Mode
;
Wettbewerbsverhalten
;
Sozialverhalten
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
Abstract:
"Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted membership of a new type of society - the beau monde, a world where status was no longer determined by coronets and countryseats alone but by the more nebulous qualification of metropolitan 'fashion'. Conspicuous consumption and display were crucial; the right address, the right dinner guests, the right possessions, the right jewels, the right seat at the opera. The Beau Monde leads us on a tour of this exciting new world, from court and parliament to London's parks, pleasure grounds, and private homes." -- Publisher website
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : 'The brililant vortex'Leading the fashion : 'A most brilliant shew' -- Life in the town : 'All together and all distinct' -- The court and fashionable display : 'Most tastefully spangled' -- Politics and fashionable life : 'All the chatter chitter I heard' -- Beauties : 'So pow'rful in her charms' -- Exile and fraud : a changeable world -- Conclusion : London's little coterie -- Appendix : uses and meanings of 'beau monde' : a supplementary essay -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 309-334
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