Bikes and Bloomers : Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear.
Kat. Jungnickel
Bok Engelsk 2018 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (338 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I -- Introduction: Making, Wearing and Inventing Futures -- Outline of the Book -- 1 'One Wants Nerves of Iron': Cycling in Victorian Britain -- Men, Cycling and Cycle Wear -- The 'Dress Problem' -- Why Study Clothing? -- 2 From the Victorian Lady to the Lady Cyclist -- The 'New Woman' and Changing Social Fabric -- The Construction of the Lady Cyclist -- The Physical Reality of Cycling in Ordinary Dress -- The Social Dangers of Cycle Wear -- Creating the Conditions for Invention -- 3 Inventing Solutions to the 'Dress Problem' -- Bicycle Design Strategies -- Cycle Wear Strategies -- Rational Dress -- Strategies of Concealment -- Site-Specific Cycle Wear -- Country-Specific Cycle Wear -- Making (and Patenting) Your Own Cycle Wear -- 4 The 1890s Patenting Boom and the Cycle Craze -- Patent Reform and the Cycling Revolution -- Women Inventors Fight to be Recognised -- 5 Extraordinary Cycle Wear Patents -- Themes in Patents -- Device to Attach, Stiffen or Secure Skirt -- Tailor Skirt to Fit Bike -- Built-In Bifurcation -- Bloomers, Breeches and Knickerbockers -- Convertible Cycle Wear -- Researching, Making and Wearing Convertible Cycle Wear -- Part II -- 6 Patent No. 17,145: Alice Bygrave and Her 'Bygrave Convertible Skirt' -- The Inventor and Her Life -- Commercialisation and Distribution -- Interviewing the 'Bygrave Convertible Skirt' -- 7 Patent No. 6794: Julia Gill and Her Convertible Cycling Semi- Skirt -- The Inventor and Her Life -- Ideas and Experimentation -- New Cycle Wear Retail Experiences -- Interviewing Julia's Convertible Cycling Semi-Skirt -- 8 Patent No. 8766: Frances Henrietta Müller and Her Three-Piece Convertible Cycling Suit -- The Inventor and Her Life -- The Gender Politics of Pockets.. - Interviewing Henrietta's Three-Piece Convertible Cycling Suit -- 9 Patent No. 13,832: Mary and Sarah Pease and Their Convertible Cycling Skirt/ Cape -- The Inventors and Their Lives -- Tactics for Site-Specific Concealment -- Visual Culture of Women's Cycling -- Interviewing the Pease Sisters' Convertible Skirt./ Cape -- 10 Patent No. 9605: Mary Ward and Her Convertible 'Hyde Park Safety Skirt' -- The Inventor and Her Life -- Promenading in the Parks -- Interviewing Mary's Convertible 'Hyde Park Safety Skirt' -- Part III -- Conclusion: The Politics of Patenting (or How to Change the World One Garment at a Time) -- British Cycle Wear Patents 1890-1900 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Index.. - An illustrated history of the evolution of British women's cycle wear.
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| ISBN | 9781906897772
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