Format:
x, 208 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß).
ISBN:
978-1-5095-4659-6
Uniform Title:
Duft der Imperien 2020
Content:
"How the turbulent history of the 20th century can be read in a vial of perfume"--
Note:
Translated from the German
,
Extracurricular activity -- The scent of the empire, or how Le Bouquet de Catherine from 1913 led to Chanel No. 5 and the Soviet perfume Red Moscow after the Russian Revolution -- Scentscapes. Proust's Madeleine and historiography -- When 'the weakest link breaks in the imperialist chain' (Lenin). The world of scents and the olfactory revolution -- Departure from the belle époque and clothes for the New Woman. Chanel's and Lamanova's double revolution -- Chanel's Russian connection -- French connection in Moscow? The 'fatherland of workers' and traces of Mikhail Bulgakov -- Auguste Michel's incomplete project: a Palace of Soviets perfume -- The seductive scent of power. Coco Chanel and Polina Zhemchuzhina Molotova. Two careers in the twentieth century -- From another world. The smoke of the crematoria and the smell of Kolyma -- After the war. Man cannot live on bread alone. The New Look and Stilyagi -- Excursus: The grande dame of German film Olga Chekhova, cosmetics and the dream of eternal youth -- How One World smells -- Not only the Black Square: Malevich's perfume bottle
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-5095-4660-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
1897-1970 Žemčužina, Polina Semënovna
;
1883-1971 Chanel, Coco
;
Parfüm
;
Parfüm
;
History
URL:
Literaturverzeichnis
URL:
Register // Gemischte Register
Author information:
Schlögel, Karl, 1948-,
