Uplift: The Bra in America
Author:   Jane Farrell-Beck ,  Colleen Gau
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN:  

9780812218350


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 October 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jane Farrell-Beck ,  Colleen Gau
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.461kg
ISBN:  

9780812218350


ISBN 10:   0812218353
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Some Developments in Bra History Preface: Firming Up the Facts 1. The Birth of the Brassiere 2. Brassieres Win a Niche in Fashion 3. Breasts Lost and Found 4. Brassieres Rise, Stocks Fall 5. Dutiful Brassieres 6. Boom and Busts 7. Ban the Bra? 8. Wondering About Bras App. ASelected Brassiere Manufacturers App. BBrassiere Brands Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau have collaborated to produce a minor miracle: an informal yet comprehensively researched work of history and sociology that isn't dull, isn't pretentious, isn't politically correct (or incorrect), and that's fun to read as well as being instructive. --Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer In this good-humored yet careful examination, Farrell-Beck and Gau illuminate women's experience of this most everyday garment... A fun, punchy book. --Publishers Weekly Uplift is extremely well-researched, and is significantly better than previous histories of the brassiere. --Valerie Steele, Fashion Institute of Technology


Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau have collaborated to produce a minor miracle: an informal yet comprehensively researched work of history and sociology that isn't dull, isn't pretentious, isn't politically correct (or incorrect), and that's fun to read as well as being instructive. -Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer In this good-humored yet careful examination, Farrell-Beck and Gau illuminate women's experience of this most everyday garment... A fun, punchy book. -Publishers Weekly Uplift is extremely well-researched, and is significantly better than previous histories of the brassiere. -Valerie Steele, Fashion Institute of Technology


Author Information

Jane Farrell-Beck is Professor of Textiles and Clothing at Iowa State University. Colleen Gau is President of CPRTex, Inc., a home-based conservation of textiles business and the author of articles on clothing and health.

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