At the mercy of their clothes : modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture / Celia Marshik.
2017
PR478.C58 M37 2017eb
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Title
At the mercy of their clothes : modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture / Celia Marshik.
Author
Marshik, Celia, author.
ISBN
9780231542968 (electronic book)
0231542968 (electronic book)
9780231175043
0231542968 (electronic book)
9780231175043
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages).
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PR478.C58 M37 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9/3564
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Modernist latitudes.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: At the mercy of their clothes
What do women want? at the mercy of the evening gown
Wearable memorials: into and out of the trenches with the modern Mac
Aspiration to the extraordinary: materializing the subject through fancy dress
Serialized selves: style, identity, and the problem of the used garment
Coda: Precious clothing.
What do women want? at the mercy of the evening gown
Wearable memorials: into and out of the trenches with the modern Mac
Aspiration to the extraordinary: materializing the subject through fancy dress
Serialized selves: style, identity, and the problem of the used garment
Coda: Precious clothing.