Gender and material culture in Britain since 1600

Abstract

"What does material culture tell us about gendered identities and how does gender reveal the meaning of spaces and things? This edited collection looks at the adornment of the body, dress and material cultures of the home and public spaces to demonstrate how people in Britain have presented themselves as gendered beings from 1600 through to today."-- Provided by Palgrave.

Contents

Introduction: Gender and Material Culture / Hannah Greig, Jane Hamlett and Leonie Hannan -- 1. Gender and Material Culture in the Early Modern London Guilds / Helen Smith -- 2. Women's Letters : Eighteenth-Century Letter-Writing and the Life of the Mind / Leonie Hannan -- 3. Men's Hair : Managing Appearances in the Long Eighteenth Century / Susan Vincent -- 4. Craftsmen in Common : Objects, Skills and Masculinity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries / Karen Harvey -- 5. Stitching Women : Unpicking Histories of Victorian Clothes / Vivienne Richmond -- 6. Grooming Men : The Material World of the Nineteenth-Century Barbershop / Jessica P. Clark -- 7. Queer Things : Men and Make-Up between the Wars / Matt Houlbrook -- 8. Manly Drinkers : Masculinity and Material Culture in the Interwar Public House / Stella Moss -- Concluding Remarks / Hannah Greig, Jane Hamlett and Leonie Hannan -- Key Texts.