Charting the history of dress from early times to the present day, this text examines the perspective of moralist critics against the various fashions which have emerged. Ribeiro's other titles include "The Visual History of Costume", co-written with Valerie Cumming.
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"Sexual morality is the story of Dr. Ribeiro’s meticulously researched and racy book."--The Times
"Aileen Ribeiro has painstakingly charted the history of dress - from the earliest times to the present day - as seen from the point of view of its moralist critics."--The Guardian
"Superb."--The New York Times
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"Aileen Ribeiro has painstakingly charted the history of dress - from the earliest times to the present day - as seen from the point of view of its moralist critics."--The Guardian
"Superb."--The New York Times
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Aileen Ribeiro is Professor in the History of Art, University of London, and Lecturer in the History of Dress Department, Courtauld Institute of Art.
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This review is from: Dress and Morality (Paperback)
I am extremely intereted in the relationshiop between morality and dress and was immediately drawn to this book. Costume has been used throughout the ages to advertise social status, distinguish genders, and as a reaction to current politics, and has therefore always been controversial. However, Ribeiro has made this incendiary topic extremely dry, perpetually refering to moralists' problems with the fashions of their times without connecting the issues of decency to anything: politics, cultural issues, etc. The inclusion of more specific fashion scandals-their causes and results-- would have made this a far more enjoyable and poignant read as well. This book is a decent chronology of sumtuary laws, but it's missing a theme more coherent than "moralists had a problem with all types of clothing at some time."
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