LEADER 03706nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910968834203321 005 20240416153416.0 010 $a9780674059474 010 $a0674059476 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674059474 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081294 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483726 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11289820 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483726 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10573370 035 $a(PQKB)10573697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300930 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456098 035 $a(OCoLC)729244766 035 $a(DE-B1597)585498 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674059474 035 $a(OCoLC)1301546658 035 $a(Perlego)1147128 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081294 100 $a20100311d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDairy queens $ethe politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette /$fMeredith Martin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a328 p 225 1 $aHarvard historical studies ;$v176 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674048997 311 08$a0674048997 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Catherine de' Medici, the French Cybele -- Absolutism and the sexual politics of pastoral retreat -- Health, hygiene, and the hermitages of Madame de Pompadour -- Marie-Antoinette and the Hameau effect -- Regenerating the monarchy : the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet -- Epilogue. 330 $aThough Meredith Martin is primarily an art historian, this book goes way beyond art history. It examines ?pleasure dairies,? built by the French aristocracy to be sites of leisure, healing, and simple luxury, from the vantage point of cultural studies as well as social and political history. The traditional historical narrative, still deeply resonant, is that these dairies were little more than frivolous excess or attempts to imagine ?common life? by people so wealthy they could not even imagine poverty. But Martin complicates this picture. She examines the social, cultural, and political uses of these dairies, showing that they were in fact instrumental as sites that both reinforced and challenged definitions of femininity. The dairies provided strategic venues for noble women to assert their status and identity while at the same time appearing to retreat from power. They served the functions of a spa, where fresh milk and beautiful scenery helped women recover their health. They also are tangible evidence of the new valorization of country living, which was expressed also in political debates about improving the countryside and reforming the aristocracy, especially elite women. 410 0$aHarvard historical studies ;$vv. 176. 517 3 $aPolitics of pastoral architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette 606 $aArchitecture and women$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aPleasure dairies$zFrance 606 $aPolitics and culture$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zFrance$xHistory 615 0$aArchitecture and women$xHistory. 615 0$aPleasure dairies 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory. 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory. 676 $a728/.92 700 $aMartin$b Meredith$g(Meredith S.)$0898363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968834203321 996 $aDairy queens$94359543 997 $aUNINA