Shapely Ankle Preferr'd

A History of the Lonely Hearts Advertisement

Francesca Beauman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2012
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-951334-6 (ISBN)

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What do women look for in a man? And what do men look for in a woman? And how and why has this changed over the centuries?

Every week thousands of people advertise for love either in newspapers, magazines or online. But if you think this is a modern phenomenon, think again - the ads have been running for over three hundred years. From the first ad in 1695 from a young gentleman who 'would willingly Match himself to some Good Young Gentlewoman, that has a Fortune of £3000 or thereabouts' to the GSOH, WLTM and online dating of more recent years, each ad is a snapshot of its age. The result is a startling history of sex, marriage and society over three centuries - hilarious and heartbreaking by turn.

Francesca Beauman is a writer, historian and television presenter. Born in London in 1977, she was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College then Cambridge University, graduating with a First Class degree in History. She divides her time between London and Los Angeles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.2.2012
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	212 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-09-951334-X / 009951334X
ISBN-13	978-0-09-951334-6 / 9780099513346
Zustand	Neuware