LEADER 02221nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910150208503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781283953986 010 $a1283953986 010 $a9781780429519 010 $a1780429517 035 $a(CKB)2670000000180974 035 $a(EBL)915115 035 $a(OCoLC)793511424 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915115 035 $a(PPN)197279503 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88835859 035 $a(FRCYB88835859)88835859 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000180974 100 $a20111005d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$a[Temptis]$iBikini story /$fPatrik Alac 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cParkstone Press$d[2012] 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 1 $aTemporis 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781859957950 311 08$a1859957951 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe birth of the bikini -- From scandal to scandal -- The frontiers of imagination -- The bikini and the cinema -- The conditioning of the body -- The new freedom -- Epilogue: the beach as an arena for -- Social liberty. 330 $aIt was in 1946 that the world fi rst came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Re?ard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Re?ard dared to 'undress' women's bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn 410 0$aTemporis 606 $aBikinis$xHistory 615 0$aBikinis$xHistory. 676 $a391.4/8 700 $aAlac$b Patrik$01233457 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150208503321 996 $aTemptis$94194355 997 $aUNINA