{"product_id":"pockets-an-intimate-history-of-how-we-keep-things-close-hardcover","title":"Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising account, Hannah Carlson turns the pocket inside out and out tumble pocket watches, coins, pistols, and a riveting centuries-long social and political history.\" \u003c\/b\u003e―\u003cb\u003eJill Lepore, author of \u003ci\u003eThese Truths: A History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePockets\u003c\/i\u003e \"showcases the best features of cultural history: a lively combination of visual, literary and documentary evidence. As sumptuously illustrated as it is learned ... this highly inventive and original book demands a pocket sequel.\" ―\u003cb\u003eJane Kamensky, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who gets pockets, and why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men's clothes have so many pockets and women's so few? And why are the pockets on women's clothes often too small to fit phones, if they even open at all? In her captivating book, Hannah Carlson, a lecturer in dress history at the Rhode Island School of Design, reveals the issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power, and privilege tucked inside our pockets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout the medieval era in Europe, the purse was an almost universal dress feature. But when tailors stitched the first pockets into men's trousers five hundred years ago, it ignited controversy and introduced a range of social issues that we continue to wrestle with today, from concealed pistols to gender inequality. See: #GiveMePocketsOrGiveMeDeath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with incredible images, this microhistory of the humble pocket uncovers what pockets tell us about ourselves: How is it that putting your hands in your pockets can be seen as a sign of laziness, arrogance, confidence, or perversion? Walt Whitman's author photograph, hand in pocket, for Leaves of Grass seemed like an affront to middle-class respectability. When W.E.B. Du Bois posed for a portrait, his pocketed hands signaled defiant coolness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And what else might be hiding in the history of our pockets? (There's a reason that the contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets are the most popular exhibit at the Library of Congress.) Thinking about the future, Carlson asks whether we will still want pockets when our clothes contain \"smart\" textiles that incorporate our IDs and credit cards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePockets\u003c\/i\u003e is for the legions of people obsessed with pockets and their absence, and for anyone interested in how our clothes influence the way we navigate the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Carlson \u003c\/b\u003eteaches dress history and material culture at the Rhode Island School of Design. After training as a conservator of costume and textiles at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she received a PhD in material culture from Boston University. She has contributed articles to \u003ci\u003eCommonplace: the journal of early American life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDress\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMacGuffin: The Life of Things\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764385284384,"sku":"9781643751542","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e466d0e6ee44de47742bd9bb82a01482.webp?v=1780247555","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pockets-an-intimate-history-of-how-we-keep-things-close-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}