LEADER 04191nam 22008775 450 001 9910258355103321 005 20240506170659.0 010 $a9781137467492 010 $a1137467495 010 $a9781137467485 010 $a1137467487 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137467485 035 $a(CKB)3710000000607557 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001674823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16477780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001674823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15017262 035 $a(PQKB)10555586 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-46748-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5182430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4965070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4965070 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL877053 035 $a(OCoLC)930992938 035 $a(PPN)222231475 035 $a(Perlego)3487947 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000607557 100 $a20171209d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTechnology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain $eRefined Bodies /$fby A. Withey 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (140 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave pivot 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349691357 311 08$a1349691356 311 08$a9781137467478 311 08$a1137467479 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Framing the Enlightened Body -- 1 Shaping the Body: The Politics of Posture -- 2 Shaving and Masculinity in Eighteenth- Century Britain -- 3 Managing the Body: The Material Culture of Personal Grooming -- 4 New Ways of Seeing: Sight, Spectacles and Self-Fashioning -- Coda: Surgical Instruments and Bodily Transformation -- Conclusion: (Re)constructing the Eighteenth- Century Body -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe second half of the eighteenth century brought important changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanour were projected onto the body, with emphasis laid upon neatness, elegance and a 'natural' body shape. Deformities were to be concealed, whilst bodily surfaces were managed to convey a harmonious whole. A large number of 'technologies of the body' were involved in this process, including wooden legs, elastic trusses, and even wigs. But the introduction of a new type of steel - cast steel - around 1750, offered new material possibilities for shaping the body. The physical properties of steel transformed the design and function of many instruments, from postural devices to spectacles, and even the smallest daily items of toilette. By no means was steel the only material involved in transforming the body. Neither did it simply sweep away all that had gone before. But, as an 'enlightened metal', cast steel was a key material in the refinement of the body. 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aSocial history 606 $aCultural History 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aModern History 606 $aSocial History 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 14$aCultural History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aSocial History. 676 $a306.09 700 $aWithey$b A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0878614 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910258355103321 996 $aTechnology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain$91961581 997 $aUNINA