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Screen style : fashion and femininity in 1930s Hollywood / Sarah Berry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Sarah, 1962-
- Series:
- Commerce and mass culture series.
- Commerce and mass culture series ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Costume.
- Fashion in motion pictures.
- Fashion--United States--History--20th century.
- Fashion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Revealing the fascination of Hollywood movies in the thirties with strong-willed women-from the ambitions of gold-diggers, working girls, and social climbers to the illicit appeal of female androgyny and ethnic exoticism-Sarah Berry presents a lively, accessible, and lavishly illustrated look at 1930's films, fashions, fan magazines, and advertising.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CONSUMER FASHION AND CLASS; 2 STYLE AS SPECTACLE; 3 HOLLYWOOD EXOTICISM; 4 SUITABLY FEMININE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; FILMOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Filmography: p. 211-223.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9009-X
- OCLC:
- 476094755
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