An examination of the complex meanings of white clothing through history.
Nina Edwards Livres
Nina Edwards est une auteure dont le travail explore la signification profonde des objets apparemment ordinaires. Ses essais dévoilent les histoires cachées et la résonance culturelle enfouies dans les objets du quotidien, invitant les lecteurs à observer de plus près le monde qui les entoure. Par un examen méticuleux, elle révèle comment ces objets façonnent nos vies et nos expériences. Edwards offre une perspective unique, nous encourageant à découvrir l'extraordinaire dans le banal.
Weeds
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
A scientific and cultural history of weeds, which shows that regarding certain plants as weeds and not others is purely a matter of context. Weeds reveals just how interesting and useful these seemingly annoying plants can be.
Dressed for War
- 218pages
- 8 heures de lecture
What people wear matters. Copiously illustrated, this book is the story of what people on both sides wore on the front line and on the home front through the seismic years of World War I.
Darkness
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Nina Edwards explores darkness as both physical feature and cultural image, through themes of sight, blindness, consciousness, dreams, fear of the dark, night blindness, and the in-between states of dusk or fog, twilight and dawn, the point or period of obscuration and clarification.
Offal: A Global History
- 141pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Exploring the complex relationship with offal, Nina Edwards delves into its historical and cultural significance across various cuisines. This intriguing narrative highlights the diverse terminology used to describe offal, from foie gras to sweetbreads, while examining the visceral reactions it elicits. The book presents regional specialties like Scottish haggis and Southern chitterlings, emphasizing offal's nutritional value alongside its health risks. Through global examples, Edwards reveals offal as a food of contradictions, bridging gourmet and economical dining.