Bikini Story
How a small piece of fabric changed fashion, morals, and self-perceptionBy Patrik Alac
Length5h 46m
About this audiobook
It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to 'undress' women's bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom were featured in bikinis that accentuated their own curvaceous contours.
More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general. This book investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution in the perception of women in society, as women regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length5 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3The Birth of the Bikini
4From Scandal to Scandal
5The Frontiers of Imagination
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6The Bikini and the Cinema
7The Conditioning of the Body
8The New Freedom
9Epilogue: The Beach as an Arena for Social Liberty
10Postscript: Focus on the Future: The Bikini
11The desperate housewives cookbook
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