{"title":"Sarah Bendall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Bendall\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the intersections of gender, culture, and representation. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eShaping Femininity\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into how societal norms influence and construct ideas of identity within the arts and broader cultural contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis grounded in cultural studies, illuminating the subtle ways femininity and identity are shaped through visual and social narratives. These books invite reflection on the roles and expectations that define contemporary and historical femininity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shaping-femininity-by-sarah-bendall-9781350164109","title":"Shaping Femininity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighly Commended, Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Book Prize 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form of stays, corsets, hoop petticoats, and crinolines, right up until the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a nuanced approach that incorporates a stunning array of visual and written sources and drawing on transdisciplinary methodologies, \u003cem\u003eShaping Femininity\u003c\/em\u003e explores the relationship between material culture and femininity by examining the lives of a wide range of women, from queens to courtiers, farmer’s wives, and servants, uncovering their lost voices and experiences. It reorients discussions about female foundation garments in English and wider European history, arguing that these objects of material culture began to shape and define changing notions of the feminine bodily ideal, social status, sexuality, and modesty in the early modern period, influencing enduring Western notions of femininity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, \u003cem\u003eShaping Femininity\u003c\/em\u003e is the first large-scale exploration of the materiality, production, consumption, and meanings of women’s foundation garments in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. It offers a fascinating insight into dress and fashion in the early modern period, and offers much of value to all those interested in the history of early modern women and gender, material culture and consumption, and the history of the body, as well as curators and reconstructors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461352931564,"sku":"9781350164109","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350164109-shaping-femininity.jpg?v=1774966682"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sarah-bendall.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}