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The modern girl : feminine modernities, the body, and commodities in the 1920s / Jane Nicholas.
Van Pelt Library HQ1220.C3 N52 2015
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LIBRA HQ1220.C3 N52 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholas, Jane, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Studies in gender and history ; 42.
- Studies in gender and history ; 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Canada--History--20th century.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Women in popular culture--Canada--History--20th century.
- Women in popular culture.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--Canada--History--20th century.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Women--Canada--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women.
- Women--Canada--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects.
- History.
- Women--Economic conditions.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Making a Modern Girl's Body: Commodities, Performance, and Discipline 23
- 2 Dear Valerie, Dear Mab: Beauty, Expert Advice, and Modern Magic 62
- 3 The Girl in the City: Urban Modernity, Race, and Nation 87
- 4 The Beauty Pageant: Contesting Feminine Modernities 122
- 5 Modern Art and the Girl: Nude Art and the Feminine Threat 152
- 6 Modern Girls and Machines: Gars, Projectors, and Publicity 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442648289
- 1442648287
- 9781442626041
- 1442626046
- OCLC:
- 879584113
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