Rob Schorman

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Clothing and Social Change at the Turn of the Century

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Produktbeschreibung

"Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion--which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice--reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."--"Choice"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 169mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780812237283
• ISBN-10: 0812237285
• Artikelnr.: 21857572

Autorenporträt

Rob Schorman teaches history at Miami University, Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Influence of Clothes
One. A Ready-Made Look: Men's Clothing
Two. What to Wear and How to Make It: Women's Clothing
Three. Will Women Ever Dress Like Men? Dress, Darwinism, and Sex
Differentiation
Four. Real Americans Wear Real American Machine-Made Garments: Clothing and
Citizenship
Five. The Truth About Good Goods: Ad Experts, Clothiers, and the Language
of Advertising
Conclusion. Fitness and Unfitness in Dress
Acknowledgments