What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with ...
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What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zestly humour. And the tinier lingerie gets, the more scholarly attention the authors believe it deserves.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Hardcover with glossy paper boards in dust jacket, 2004, quarto, 270pp., illustrated in color. Book fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing. THIS LARGE BOOK MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 270 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English. Very slight cocking to the binding with some mild edgewear to the dustjacket. Else, the corners of the boards are sharp and interior is clean and free of markings. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Erotic, yet historically interesting survey, well illustrated.
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