Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease
ISBN-13:
9781350009370
ISBN-10:
1350009377
Author:
Carolyn A. Day
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Format:
Paperback
208 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781350009370
ISBN-10:
1350009377
Author:
Carolyn A. Day
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Format:
Paperback
208 pages
Summary
Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease (ISBN-13: 9781350009370 and ISBN-10: 1350009377), written by authors
Carolyn A. Day, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2017.
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Long before "heroin chic" made headlines, the emaciated figure and feverish flush associated with tuberculosis victims were admired as beautiful. As the disease spread throughout Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it became commonplace toregard tuberculosis as a positive affliction, one to be emulated in beauty practices and dress. While medical writers believed that the fashionable way of life of many women actually rendered them susceptible to the disease, Carolyn A. Day investigates the deliberate and widespread flouting of admonitions against these fashion practices in the pursuit of beauty.
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