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At the mercy of their clothes : modernism, the middlebrow, and British garment culture / Celia Marshik.
LIBRA PR478.C58 M37 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marshik, Celia, author.
- Series:
- Modernist latitudes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Clothing and dress in literature.
- Fashion--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Fashion.
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects--Great Britain--History.
- Clothing and dress.
- Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
- History.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Identity (Psychology) in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction: At the mercy of their clothes
- What do women want? at the mercy of the evening gown
- Wearable memorials: into and out of the trenches with the modern Mac
- Aspiration to the extraordinary: materializing the subject through fancy dress
- Serialized selves: style, identity, and the problem of the used garment
- Coda: Precious clothing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marshik, Celia, author. At the mercy of their clothes
- ISBN:
- 9780231175043
- 0231175043
- OCLC:
- 961413782
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