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Author Fields, Jill, 1954-

Title An intimate affair : women, lingerie, and sexuality / Jill Fields.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  391.2 F462I    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-360) and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Sexual foundations -- 1. Drawers -- 2. Corsets and girdles -- 3. Brassieres -- 4. The meaning of black lingerie -- 5. The invisible woman : intimate apparel advertising -- 6. The production of glamour : intimate apparel workers and union culture -- 7. Return of the repressed (waist), 1947-1952 -- Epilogue : Bra vs. bra : feminist intimate apparel art -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Lingerie -- History.
Women's clothing -- History.
Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects.
Clothing and dress -- Erotic aspects.
Advertising -- Fashion.
ISBN 9780520223691 alkaline paper
0520223691 alkaline paper
9780520252615 paperback alkaline paper
0520252616 paperback alkaline paper
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