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Book Fancy Dresses Described

Download or read book Fancy Dresses Described written by Arden Holt and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of glorious party costumes in this 1896 guide range from Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth to Swiss and Polish peasants. Alphabetical entries are enhanced by 20 color and 40 black-and-white illustrations.

Book The fair maid of Codrington  by Charlie Charlton

Download or read book The fair maid of Codrington by Charlie Charlton written by Henry Fitzherbert Buckland and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France

Download or read book Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France written by Estelle Paranque and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the afterlives of early modern English and French rulers. Spanning five centuries of cultural memory, the volume offers case studies of how kings and queens were remembered, represented, and reincarnated in a wide range of sources, from contemporary pageants, plays, and visual art to twenty-first-century television, and from premodern fiction to manga and romance novels. With essays on well-known figures such as Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette as well as lesser-known monarchs such as Francis II of France and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France brings together reflections on how rulers live on in collective memory.

Book Culture  Health and Illness  Fifth edition

Download or read book Culture Health and Illness Fifth edition written by Cecil Helman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-01-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing colleges. This new edition meets the ever-growing need for a clear starting point in

Book Staging Fairyland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Schacker
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 2018-12-17
  • ISBN : 0814345921
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Staging Fairyland written by Jennifer Schacker and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines pantomime and theatricality in nineteenth-century histories of folklore and the fairy tale. In nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as "pantomime" was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a significant medium for the transmission of stories. Rowdy, comedic, and slightly risqué, pantomime productions were situated in dynamic relationship with various forms of print and material culture. Popular fairy-tale theater also informed the production and reception of folklore research in ways that are often overlooked. In Staging Fairyland: Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime, Jennifer Schacker reclaims the place of theatrical performance in this history, developing a model for the intermedial and cross-disciplinary study of narrative cultures. The case studies that punctuate each chapter move between the realms of print and performance, scholarship and popular culture. Schacker examines pantomime productions of such well-known tales as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Jack and the Beanstalk," as well as others whose popularity has waned—such as, "Daniel O'Rourke" and "The Yellow Dwarf." These productions resonate with traditions of impersonation, cross-dressing, literary imposture, masquerade, and the social practice of "fancy dress." Schacker also traces the complex histories of Mother Goose and Mother Bunch, who were often cast as the embodiments of both tale-telling and stage magic and who move through various genres of narrative and forms of print culture. These examinations push at the limits of prevailing approaches to the fairy tale across media. They also demonstrate the degree to which perspectives on the fairy tale as children's entertainment often obscure the complex histories and ideological underpinnings of specific tales. Mapping the histories of tales requires a fundamental reconfiguration of our thinking about early folklore study and about "fairy tales": their bearing on questions of genre and ideology but also their signifying possibilities—past, present, and future. Readers interested in folklore, fairy-tale studies, children's literature, and performance studies will embrace this informative monograph.

Book Bookseller and the Stationery Trades  Journal

Download or read book Bookseller and the Stationery Trades Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fandom

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francesca DiPiazza
  • Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 1512450499
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book Fandom written by Francesca DiPiazza and published by Twenty-First Century Books (Tm). This book was released on 2018 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever created art based on a TV show or game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Tour fandom's history and meet creators who shape fan communities online and in real life.

Book Playing Games in Nineteenth Century Britain and America

Download or read book Playing Games in Nineteenth Century Britain and America written by Ann R. Hawkins and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vital part of daily life in the nineteenth century, games and play were so familiar and so ubiquitous that their presence over time became almost invisible. Technological advances during the century allowed for easier manufacturing and distribution of board games and books about games, and the changing economic conditions created a larger market for them as well as more time in which to play them. These changing conditions not only made games more profitable, but they also increased the influence of games on many facets of culture. Playing Games in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America focuses on the material and visual culture of both American and British games, examining how cultures of play intersect with evolving gender norms, economic structures, scientific discourses, social movements, and nationalist sentiments.

Book Fashioning Alice

Download or read book Fashioning Alice written by Kiera Vaclavik and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 150 years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published, Lewis Carroll's eponymous heroine has become one of the most familiar figures in the cultural landscape. The enduringly iconic figure of the Victorian child, Alice has inspired countless fashion designers, illustrators and stylists. The 'Alice Look' has been embraced across the world, by young and old alike, and by both the feted and the forgotten. Fashioning Alice is the first book to chart the emergence of Alice as a style icon. Kiera Vaclavik traces the evolution of Alice's visual identity in the nineteenth century and explores the myriad ways in which she was dressed – on the page, on the stage, and in the home. The book also draws on historical sources to examine amateur performance and play not just in the UK but in the USA, Japan and Australia. Illustrated throughout, Fashioning Alice is a ground-breaking exploration of Alice's visual career that offers a compelling case study of the intersections between fashion and fiction.

Book Champagne in Britain  1800 1914

Download or read book Champagne in Britain 1800 1914 written by Graham Harding and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 OIV AWARD 2022 in the History category From its introduction to British society in the mid-17th century champagne has been a wine of elite celebration and hedonism. Champagne in Britain, 1800-1914 is the first book for over a century to study this iconic drink in Britain. Following the British wine market from 1800 to 1914, Harding shows how champagne was consumed by, branded for and marketed to British society. Not only did the champagne market form the foundations of the luxury market we know today, this book shows how it was integral to a number of 19th century social concerns such as the 'temperate turn', anxieties over adulteration and the increasingly prosperous British middle class. Using archival sources from major French producers such as Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Pommery & Greno alongside records from British distributors, newspapers, magazines and wine literature, Champagne in Britain shows how champagne became embedded in the habits of Victorian society. Illustrating the social and marketing dynamics that centered on champagne's luxury status, it reveals the importance of fashion as a driver of choice, the power of the label and the illusion of scarcity. It shows how, through the reach of imperial Britain, the British taste for Champagne spread across the globe and became a marker for status and celebration.

Book Fairy Tale Revivals in the Long Nineteenth Century

Download or read book Fairy Tale Revivals in the Long Nineteenth Century written by Abigail Heiniger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection opens with marginalized responses to the highly politicized Cinderella traditions in the Anglophone world. In the United States, Cinderella was incorporated into the gendered narrative of the American Dream and narratives of empire in the colonial world, particularly in the mid-1800s. Marginalized writers have responded to these nationalistic colonial traditions in two distinctive ways: clever Cinderellas who negotiate a broken system or passive Cinderellas who die as anti-heroes in disenchanting fairy tales. This dual tradition of marginalized Cinderellas is also apparent across the Anglophone world. Potential texts include the out-of-print works of Sinèad de Valera, excerpts from the novels of Hannah Crafts, Jessie Fauset, and Julia Kavanagh, along with dramas by Ann Devlin, and collected oral tales.

Book Bulletin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1909
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 728 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dial

Download or read book The Dial written by Francis Fisher Browne and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cotillon

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  • Author : Ardern Holt
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1894
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 98 pages

Download or read book The Cotillon written by Ardern Holt and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England

Download or read book A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England written by Joseph Strutt and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : Michigan State University. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1896
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Report written by Michigan State University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England  from the Establishment of the Saxons in Great Britain to the Present Time     to which is Prefixed

Download or read book A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England from the Establishment of the Saxons in Great Britain to the Present Time to which is Prefixed written by Joseph Strutt and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: