{"title":"Margaret Waller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Waller\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations at the intersection of history and science, inviting readers to uncover the hidden narratives within seemingly ordinary objects. Her work, such as \u003cem\u003eNapoleon's Closet\u003c\/em\u003e, reveals how material culture can illuminate broader natural and social histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect meticulously researched and engagingly written books that blend scientific inquiry with a keen historical eye, making complex ideas accessible and compelling. Waller’s writing appeals to those curious about the stories behind the artefacts that shape our understanding of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"napoleons-closet-by-margaret-waller-9780231223331","title":"Napoleon's Closet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do the most powerful men in the West wear sober, understated attire? Until the \"Great Masculine Renunciation\" in the eighteenth century, luxurious and often flamboyant clothing signalled social superiority for men as well as women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Waller's fresh account of this historic recalibration of gender and class centres on an unlikely pair: Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican upstart who crowned himself emperor of France, and Pierre Antoine Le Boux La Mésangère, the defrocked priest who became Europe's premier fashion editor. Looking at knee breeches, schoolboy and officer uniforms, priests' robes, and imperial regalia, this book shows how misogyny and homophobia helped make Bonaparte, La Mésangère, and their peers men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNapoleon's Closet\u003c\/em\u003e shows when male fashion editors first associated women with fashion and urged men to renounce \"feminine\" frivolity in their dress. It connects French revolutionaries' masculinist construction of citizenship to the Church's long-standing requirement that its rank and file wear plain, modest clothing. It demonstrates that although Napoleon's reinstitution of sumptuous uniforms for men might seem the exception, he reserved for himself the modern male privilege of dressing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lively and unorthodox exploration of the paradoxical history of male clothing, this book unveils the origins of modern ideas about normative masculinity, queerness, and \"the closet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038373359852,"sku":"9780231223331","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231223331-napoleon-s-closet.jpg?v=1785392410"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/margaret-waller.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}