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035 _a(OCoLC)1357532432
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042 _apcc
092 _a391.009
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aCarlson, Hannah
_c(Historian),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPockets :
_ban intimate history of how we keep things close /
_cHannah Carlson.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aChapel Hill, North Carolina :
_bAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023
300 _avii, 310 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPocket origins: "carried close & secret" -- Pocket proliferation: housing "the workmanship of a hundred tradesmen" -- Pocket attitudes: "but what do your hands do in your pocket?" -- Pocket sexism: "why we oppose pockets for women" -- Pocket inventories: "not a penny was there in it" -- Pocket play: designing for "doubly decorative value" -- Pocket utopias: dreaming of a pocketless world.
520 _a"A social and design history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today, that uncovers what pockets reveal about us, our place in society, and how we move through the world"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _aWhy do men's clothes have so many pockets and women's so few? Why are the pockets on women's clothes too small to be practical-- if they open at all? Carlson examines issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power and privilege-- all tucked inside our pockets. The takes a look at the social- and design-history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today. Will we still want pockets in the future when our clothes contain "smart" textiles that incorporate our IDs and credit cards? -- adapted from jacket
650 0 _aPockets
_xHistory.
650 0 _aClothing and dress
_xSocial aspects.
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