Fashion and Motherhood : Image, Material, Identity / edited by Laura Snelgrove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snelgrove, Laura, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion.

Motherhood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Motherhood, whether achieved through biological or other means, is not a rare experience; dressing oneself, even less so. The two phenomena are intimately linked, as both occur on and to the private body, and are also fully subject to social pressures and the changing tides of public opinion. They also, for anyone who experiences motherhood, define one another and work together to shape an individual's identity and place in their culture. This rich collection explores the essential question of how motherhood and fashion interact, interrogating their relationships to power, misogyny, temporality, longing and embodiment, among other themes. The 13 essays examine representations on film, in popular print and literature; they use images, narrative and material evidence from the past to excavate the historical cleavages in how mothers have been expected to hide, display, share and sacrifice their bodies. An international range of scholars explores the 19th to the 21st centuries, tracing how fashion and motherhood have operated as powerfully interdependent experiences and continue to determine how women are judged and corralled, yet also find meaning, connection and strength.

Contents:

List of Illustrations Preface Foreword Acknowledgments Fashion and Motherhood: Introduction Introduction 11. "Mommy Fashion is Still Fashion": U.S. Style Guides for Pregnant Women and Mothers in the Twenty-First Century Holly Kent 12. Out of Time: Constant Change, Maternity Dressing, and Pregnancy in Lockdown Sarah Garland 13. "Ole Rag 'n' Lumber": Intergenerational, Gendered, and Classed Relationships with Clothing, from Rag 'n' Bone to Depop Liza Betts Appendix: Sexy Mamas: Liz Lange and the Golden Age of Designing for Pregnancy Pamela Roskin List of Contributors Index

ISBN:

9781350276727

OCLC:

1414458997

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.