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[...] what I saw unfolding on set while I was working as historical adviser on the film was not so much a thinly veiled take on the 20th century as the director's probing of the 18th-century power elite. The threatening presence of a crowd of wigged women in hooped gowns, each towering over six...

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Published in:Times Higher Education 2008-09 (1862), p.28
Main Author: Greig, Hannah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Females
Fiennes, Ralph
Hilton, Paris
Knightley, Keira
Knowledge Economy
Marketing
Motion picture directors & producers
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Summary:[...] what I saw unfolding on set while I was working as historical adviser on the film was not so much a thinly veiled take on the 20th century as the director's probing of the 18th-century power elite. The threatening presence of a crowd of wigged women in hooped gowns, each towering over six feet tall, brought home why 18th-century men so feared the "power of the petticoat".
ISSN:0049-3929