Introduction: sexual foundations -- Drawers -- Corsets and girdles -- Brassieres -- The meaning of black lingerie -- The invisible woman: intimate apparel advertising -- The production of glamour: intimate apparel workers and union culture -- Return of the repressed (waist), 1947-1952 -- Epilogue: Bra vs. Bra: feminist intimate apparel art
Summary
Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex, ' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing
Analysis
20th century american culture
20th century womens history
american feminist
black lingerie
bra
brassieres
clothing
corsets
cultural studies
drawers
everyday clothing
fashion and clothing
fashion industrial complex
fashion magazines
feminine ideal
feminism
feminist theory
gender studies
girdles
intimate apparel advertising
intimate apparel workers
intimate apparel
sex and gender
sexual foundations
sexual
sexuality
social history
undergarments
underwear
union culture
womens fashion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-360) and index
