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Author Schweitzer, Marlis.

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

Imprint Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 310 p. : ill.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780812241570 (alk. paper)
0812241576 (alk. paper)
9780812221633
9780812206166 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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