The Modern Girl : Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s /
Using a wide range of visual and textual evidence, Nicholas illuminates both the frequent public debates about female appearance and the realities of feminine self-presentation<strong> </strong>in 1920s Canada.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2015]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Making a Modern Girl's Body: Commodities, Performance, and Discipline
- 2. Dear Valerie, Dear Mab: Beauty, Expert Advice, and Modern Magic
- 3. The Girl in the City: Urban Modernity, Race, and Nation
- 4. The Beauty Pageant: Contesting Feminine Modernities
- 5. Modern Art and the Girl: Nude Art and the Feminine Threat
- 6. Modern Girls and Machines: Cars, Projectors, and Publicity.