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Dressing for the culture wars : style and the politics of self-presentation in the 1960s and 1970s /

"Style of dress has always been a way for Americans to signify their politics, but perhaps never so overtly as in the 1960s and 1970s. Whether participating in presidential campaigns or Vietnam protests, hair and dress provided a powerful cultural tool for social activists to display their poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luther Hillman, Betty
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: The significance of style in American culture and politics
  • "You can't tell the girls from the boys" : changing styles among American youths, 1964-1968
  • "What to wear to the revolution" : self-presentation politics in social movement activism
  • "No woman can be free ... until she loses her femininity" : the politics of self-presentation in feminist activism
  • "Wearing a dress is a revolutionary act" : political drag and self-preservation in the gay liberation movement
  • "Everyone should be accustomed to seeing long hair on men by now" : style and popular culture in the late 1960s and 1970s
  • "Ours should not be an effort to achieve a unisex society" : legal regulations of personal presentation in the workplace
  • Epilogue: The politics of style in retrospect.