{"product_id":"the-cut-of-his-coat-men-dress-and-consumer-culture-in-britain-1860-1914-paperback","title":"The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain, 1860-1914 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrent Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe English middle class in the late nineteenth century enjoyed an increase in the availability and variety of material goods. With that, the visual markers of class membership and manly behavior underwent a radical change. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain, 1860-1914\u003c\/i\u003e, Brent Shannon examines familiar novels by authors such as George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hughes, and H. G. Wells, as well as previously unexamined etiquette manuals, period advertisements, and fashion monthlies, to trace how new ideologies emerged as mass-produced clothes, sartorial markers, and consumer culture began to change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Victorian literature traditionally portrayed women as having sole control of class representations through dress and manners, Shannon argues that middle-class men participated vigorously in fashion. Public displays of their newly acquired mannerisms, hairstyles, clothing, and consumer goods redefined masculinity and class status for the Victorian era and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cut of His Coat\u003c\/i\u003e probes the Victorian disavowal of men's interest in fashion and shopping to recover men's significant role in the representation of class through self-presentation and consumer practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrent Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e is a visiting professor of English at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He has published articles on nineteeth-century literature and culture in \u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStudies in Browning and His Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.08 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130352013447,"sku":"9780821417034","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c3b5eb33911a6bcf54c2e22198e4a22b.webp?v=1732610150","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-cut-of-his-coat-men-dress-and-consumer-culture-in-britain-1860-1914-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}