Worlds of Consumption: Culture and Cosmetics in Modern Germany, 1750–1930

Ramsbrock, Annelie

What did the cosmetic practices of middle-class women in the nineteenth century have in common with the repair of men's bodies mutilated in war? What did the New Woman of the Weimar years have to do with the field of social medicine that emerged in the same period? They were all part of a conversation about the cosmetic modification of bodies, a debate shaped by scientific knowledge and normative social models. Conceived as a cultural history, this book examines the history of artificially created beauty in Germany from the late Enlightenment to the early days of National Socialist rule.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-05-20

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349504282

DOI: 10.1057/9781137523150

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 277