Reflecting Freedom : How Fashion Mirrored the Struggle for Women's Rights, Pa...

by Kathy Deherrera, Eileen Gose

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Reflecting Freedom : How Fashion Mirrored the Struggle for Women's Rights, Paperback by Gose, Eileen Tannich; Deherrera, Kathy Wiederstein, ISBN 1522960503, ISBN-13 9781522960508, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book has over 900 images and explores how women’s struggle for social and political equality is reflected in their clothing. For example, were enormous hoop skirts, tightly laced corsets, controversial trousers, or revealing miniskirts simply fashion trends, or deliberate statements about societal values? Did soft, flowing feminine dresses, high heels, curls and pearls merely reflect popular changes in style, or instead, perhaps show a step back in women’s equality? Historic images and other primary sources reveal an intriguing relationship between women fighting for their rights and their image reflected in the mirror. There are a multitude of books about women’s fashions and numerous manuscripts addressing women’s fight for rights. However, unlike other works, this book explores the relationship between the two topics, revealing the important meaning of specific changes in women’s fashions. Other books deal with this subject primarily with a narrow focus, or only as a small part of the context; however, this book is exceptional because the entire work addresses the relationship between women’s fashions and their struggle for equality--including the losses as well as the gains. And uniquely, this book explores the thesis in depth, and from the time of our

• Publisher: CreateSpace
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781522960508
• Condition: Fine

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