 | Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France Subjects: Fashion -- France -- History -- 19th century; Clothing and dress -- France -- History -- 19th century; Women -- France -- History -- 19th century; France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Examining fashion accessories in both novels and fashion discourses, Susan Hiner reframes the feminine accessory as a signifier of modernity and makes an important claim about the "accessory" status of women in nineteenth-century France: as both commodities and consumers, women were in fact "accessories to modernity." Susan Hiner is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Vassar College. |
