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Author

Schweitzer, Marlis.

Title When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture / Marlis Schweitzer.

Imprint

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	792.097471 Sch97w 2009	---	Available

Description	310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-294) and index.
Contents	The octopus and the matinee girl -- The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption -- "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class -- Fashioning the modern woman -- The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
Subject	Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York.
ISBN	9780812241570 (alk. paper)
	0812241576 (alk. paper)