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Author Zeitz, Joshua.

Title Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern / Joshua Zeitz.

Imprint New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.42 Z37f 2006 c.2  ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-320) and index.
Contents Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl -- Straighten out people -- New York sophistication -- Miss jazz age -- Girlish delight in barrooms -- These modern women -- The lingerie shortage in this country -- A mind full of fabulations -- An athletic kind of girl -- Let go of the waistline -- Into the streets -- Without imagination, no wants -- 10,000,000 femmes fatales -- Appearances count -- Papa, what is beer? -- Oh, little girl, never grow up -- The kind of girl the fellows want -- Another petulant way to pass the time -- The dreamer's dream come true -- Suicide on the installment plan -- Unaffordable excess.
Subject United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Biography.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 1400080533
9781400080533
Standard No. YDXCP 2253952

 
    
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