Fashion and fiction : self-transformation in twentieth-century American literature / Lauren S. Cardon.

By: Cardon, Lauren S [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural frames, framing culturePublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813938639Subject(s): American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Clothing and dress in literature | Fashion -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fashion and fiction : self-transformation in twentieth-century American literature.DDC classification: 810.9/355 LOC classification: PS374.C565 | C37 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: fashion in the land of the free -- The free spirit in the Gilded Age -- The social climber in the era of ready-mades -- The immigrant in the era of simplicity -- The modern woman and the slim silhouette -- The black middle class and the primitive -- Conclusion: the Depression and the dawn of American designers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: fashion in the land of the free -- The free spirit in the Gilded Age -- The social climber in the era of ready-mades -- The immigrant in the era of simplicity -- The modern woman and the slim silhouette -- The black middle class and the primitive -- Conclusion: the Depression and the dawn of American designers.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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