David Kuchta
Biographic Data
| ID | 5692967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kuchta |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuchta |
| SIGNATURE | KUCHTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England , Portland, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Oscar Wilde Prefigured
Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British Caricature, 1750–1900." Cultural and Social History, 15(2), pp. 279–280
Timothy Campbell. Historical Style
Timothy Campbell’s Historical Style: Fashion and the New Mode of History, 1740–1830, appeared in my mailbox along with a handful of catalogs selling men’s clothing. Each in its own way addresses the intersection between fashion and history. Campbell’s astute and challenging book demonstrates the role that the emergence of a fashion system in the eighteenth century played in stimulating British historical thinking. Fashion and history are both abo…
The Three-Piece Suit and Modern MasculinityEngland, 1550-1850
In 1666, King Charles II felt it necessary to reform Englishmen's dress by introducing a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. We learn what inspired this royal revolution in masculine attire--and the reasons for its remarkable longevity--in David Kuchta's engaging and handsomely illustrated account. Between 1550 and 1850, Kuchta says, English upper- and middle-class men understood their authority to be based in part upon the display …
The Body Emblazoned
Sublime Truth (Part 2)
nlike the words of Moses, the statement of Isis is constative, not prescriptive. It speaks Mystery itself and has always been treated as a model esoteric statement. This is why it received such near that end of the Enlightenment which is marked by Masonic mysticism, from Hamann to Hegel or from Schlegel to the Novalis of The Disciples of Sais. Abstracted from the basic metaphor that sustains it, this constative is a statement of truth: it speaks …
Sublime Truth (Part 1)
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Sublime Truth (Part 2)
nlike the words of Moses, the statement of Isis is constative, not prescriptive. It speaks Mystery itself and has always been treated as a model esoteric statement. This is why it received such near that end of the Enlightenment which is marked by Masonic mysticism, from Hamann to Hegel or from Schlegel to the Novalis of The Disciples of Sais. Abstracted from the basic metaphor that sustains it, this constative is a statement of truth: it speaks …
Sublime Truth (Part 1)
The Body Emblazoned
The Three-Piece Suit and Modern MasculinityEngland, 1550-1850
In 1666, King Charles II felt it necessary to reform Englishmen's dress by introducing a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. We learn what inspired this royal revolution in masculine attire--and the reasons for its remarkable longevity--in David Kuchta's engaging and handsomely illustrated account. Between 1550 and 1850, Kuchta says, English upper- and middle-class men understood their authority to be based in part upon the display …
Timothy Campbell. Historical Style
Timothy Campbell’s Historical Style: Fashion and the New Mode of History, 1740–1830, appeared in my mailbox along with a handful of catalogs selling men’s clothing. Each in its own way addresses the intersection between fashion and history. Campbell’s astute and challenging book demonstrates the role that the emergence of a fashion system in the eighteenth century played in stimulating British historical thinking. Fashion and history are both abo…
Oscar Wilde Prefigured
Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British Caricature, 1750–1900." Cultural and Social History, 15(2), pp. 279–280
Art (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Sublime (2 works)