Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease

by Carolyn Day and Carolyn A. Day

Book Overview

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350009377
• ISBN13: 9781350009370
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.5"