Fashion and fiction : self-transformation in twentieth-century American literature /

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During the twentieth century, the rise of the concept of Americanization-shedding ethnic origins and signs of "otherness" to embrace a constructed American identity-was accompanied by a rhetoric of personal transformation that would ultimately characterize the American Dream. The theme of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cardon, Lauren S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016]
Colección:Cultural frames, framing culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Fashion > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Clothing and dress in literature
Fashion > Social aspects
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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