Fashion and fiction : self-transformation in twentieth-century American literature /
Lauren S. Cardon.
- 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations.
- Cultural frames/framing culture .
- Cultural frames, framing culture. .
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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American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Clothing and dress in literature. Fashion--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.