Kathy Peiss

Zoot Suit

The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Making the Suit Zoot
2 Going to Extremes
3 Into the Public Eye
4 From Rags to Riot
5 Reading the Riddle
6 Zooting Around the World
Aftermath
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments