Barbara Burman is an independent scholar, and Ariane Fennetaux is associate professor of eighteenth-century history at the Universite de Paris.
"What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in
which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on
pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their
way through a world that was not built to suit them" -Kathryn
Hughes, Guardian
'The authors' careful research is enthralling . . . a very handsome
illustrated book'-Liberation
'A fascinating book'-Le Monde
"The extensive archival research and thoughtful analysis elevate
the pocket beyond a utilitarian piece of clothing, illustrating -
with great success - the ways in which the nuances and details of
women's lived experiences can be expressed through material
objects."-Charlotte Fletcher, University of Southampton in the
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
"Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux demonstrate the riches to be
found in a unique gendered accessory - the tie-on pocket. They
illuminate centuries of British women's history through their deep
knowledge of material culture, showcasing women's priorities and
embodied experiences. Omnipresent, though often hidden, pockets
evoked fashion and female virtues. Recovered histories of pockets,
their embellishment and persistent usage, reveal vital features of
women's lives"- Professor Beverly Lemire, Henry Marshall Tory
Chair at the University of Alberta
"The Pocket is a deft and adroit history of women's lives as
told through their clothing. It illuminates women's lives in their
richness and complexity, taking the reader as close to historical
'experience' as it is possible to be."-Anna Parker, Review
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"The Pocket is an enlightening and engaging account of both
the use of tie-on pockets and women's material lives in the long
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and is to be highly
commended."-Rebecca Unsworth, Textile History [Journal]
"Occupying the hinterland between dress and underwear, the pocket
has been discounted as rather too private and individual to yield
universal truth, yet that is exactly what Burman and Fennetaux have
done with this remarkable new study."-Selvedge
"[T]his is not just a book about pockets as a material artefact,
but a rich social and cultural history of women and their
lives."-Elizabeth Spencer, Cultural and Social History
"From its very beginning, the book invites the readers to immerse
themselves into the fascinating world of the pocket and cleverly
presents stories of objects that illuminate a range of practices
related to the daily life, whether in material,textual, or visual
form."-Alicia Mihalic, The Journal of Dress History
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