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Glamour : a history / Stephen Gundle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gundle, Stephen, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beauty, Personal--France--History.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Beauty, Personal--England--History.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects.
- Fashion--France--History.
- Fashion.
- Fashion--England--History.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- History.
- England.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Glamour and modernity
- Urban enchantments
- The birth of sex appeal
- Wealth, style, and spectacle
- Cafe society and publicity
- The Hollywood star system
- Paris, Rome, and the Riviera
- Glamour and mass consumption
- Photography and the female image
- Style, pastiche, and excess
- Contemporary glamour.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-455) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199210985
- 0199210985
- OCLC:
- 180470035
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