Author: Xiang Zhonghua
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7119044591
Published on: 2006-01
Paperback
What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, since Antiquity,women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus,lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zestly humour. And the tinier lingerie gets, the more scholarly attention the authors believe it deserves
Chapter I : Bronze in Remote Antiquity
Chapter II : Bronze Sacrificial Vessels
Chapter III : Bronze Sculpture
Chapter IV : External Decorations on Bronze Wares
Chapter V : Inscriptions on Bronze Wares
Chapter VI : Calligraphy on Bronzes
Chapter VII : Music and the Bronzes
Chapter VIII : The Casting of Bronze Wares
Chapter IX : bronze Mirrors
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7119044591
Published on: 2006-01
Paperback
What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, since Antiquity,women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus,lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zestly humour. And the tinier lingerie gets, the more scholarly attention the authors believe it deserves
Chapter I : Bronze in Remote Antiquity
Chapter II : Bronze Sacrificial Vessels
Chapter III : Bronze Sculpture
Chapter IV : External Decorations on Bronze Wares
Chapter V : Inscriptions on Bronze Wares
Chapter VI : Calligraphy on Bronzes
Chapter VII : Music and the Bronzes
Chapter VIII : The Casting of Bronze Wares
Chapter IX : bronze Mirrors
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