Kathy Peiss

Broschiertes Buch

Zoot Suit

The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

Beschreibung

Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style.

Autor

Kathy Peiss is Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780812223033
• ISBN-10: 0812223039
• Artikelnr.: 39751358