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Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain = refined bodies /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain/ by Alun Withey.
Reminder of title:	refined bodies /
Author:	Withey, Alun.
Published:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK : : 2016.,
Description:	x, 162 p. :ill., digital ; : 23 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Body image - Social aspects - 18th century. - Great Britain -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137467485
ISBN:	9781137467485

Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britain = refined bodies /
Withey, Alun.

Technology, self-fashioning and politeness in eighteenth-century britainrefined bodies /[electronic resource] :by Alun Withey. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2016. - x, 162 p. :ill., digital ;23 cm.

The second half of the eighteenth century brought important changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanour were projected onto the body, with emphasis laid upon neatness, elegance and a 'natural' body shape. Deformities were to be concealed, whilst bodily surfaces were managed to convey a harmonious whole. A large number of 'technologies of the body' were involved in this process, including wooden legs, elastic trusses, and even wigs. But the introduction of a new type of steel - cast steel - around 1750, offered new material possibilities for shaping the body. The physical properties of steel transformed the design and function of many instruments, from postural devices to spectacles, and even the smallest daily items of toilette. By no means was steel the only material involved in transforming the body. Neither did it simply sweep away all that had gone before. But, as an 'enlightened metal', cast steel was a key material in the refinement of the body.

ISBN: 9781137467485

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137467485doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1200687
Body image
--Social aspects--Great Britain--18th century.

LC Class. No.: RA776.98 / .W58 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 646.7094109033

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