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Author Cardon, Lauren S., author.

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

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016]

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Cultural frames/framing culture
Cultural frames, framing culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Fashion -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cardon, Lauren S. Fashion and fiction : self-transformation in twentieth-century American literature. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016] Cultural frames/framing culture
ISBN 9780813938615 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813938622 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813938639 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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