{"product_id":"all-the-rage-power-pain-pleasure-stories-from-the-frontline-of-beauty-1860-1960","title":"All the Rage : Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson takes us to the \u003cem\u003eFrontline of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Power\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pleasure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmong the first to experience true women's liberation were the early adopters of trousers. Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, \u003cem\u003eAll the Rage\u003c\/em\u003e tells 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Nicholson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947125731585,"sku":"9780349014319","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2024-04-18T134022.305.png?v=1713444037","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/all-the-rage-power-pain-pleasure-stories-from-the-frontline-of-beauty-1860-1960","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}