Fashion, femininity and the fight for the vote

Author

Rolley, Katrina

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1990, Num. 1, Vol. 13, p. 46-71, 14 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Examines attitudes to fashionable dress on the part of the militant suffragette movement, especially the Women's Social and Political Union, in England in the late 19th and early 20th cs. Focuses on the part played by fashion in the endorsement and propagation of definitions of femininity.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- Textiles and costume -- United Kingdom
• Costume
• Fashion
• Great Britain
• 1800-2000
• Feminism
• National Women's Social and Political Union!!London (GBR)
• Women
• Suffrage
• Femininity

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- Textiles et costume -- Royaume-Uni
• Costume
• Mode
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-2000
• Féminisme
• National Women's Social and Political Union!!London (GBR)
• Femmes
• Droit de vote
• Féminité

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00422328

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