{"product_id":"9780349014319-all-the-rage","title":"All the Rage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePower, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960\u003cbr\u003eFrom the popular historian and author of \u003ci\u003eAmong the Bohemians \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Was It For You?\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new offering, unbuttoning the multi-layered, hundred-year-history of women's lives through fashion and beauty from 1860 to 1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No one else makes history this fun' AMANDA FOREMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All the Rage sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' SARAH DITUM, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully engaging' \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this history is the female body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson, described as 'one of the great social historians of our time.' (Amanda Foreman) takes us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho determines which shape is currently 'all the rage'? Looking at how custom, colour, class and sex fit into the picture, this book also charts how the advances made by feminism collided with the changing shape of desirability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is Gladys, who had botched surgery on her nose; Dorothy, whose skin colour lost her an Oscar; Beccy who took slimming pills and died; and - unbelievably - the radioactive corset.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the 'New Women' who discovered freedom by bobbing their hair; the boyish, athletic 'Health and Beauty' ladies in black knickers; and starlets in bohemian beachwear. Among the first to experience true women's liberation were the early adopters of trousers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, \u003ci\u003eAll the Rage \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960, chronicling its codes, its contradictions, its lies, its highs - and its underlying power struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41058340012129,"sku":"9780349014319","price":21.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_20829263.jpg?v=1708508494","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349014319-all-the-rage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}