Dress Casual How College Students Redefined American Style / Deirdre Clemente.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clemente, Deirdre.

Series:

Gender & American culture.

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.

Fashion--United States--History.

Fashion.

College students--Clothing--United States--History.

College students.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"As Deirdre Clemente shows in this lively history of fashion on American college campuses, whether it's jeans and sneakers or khakis with a polo shirt, chances are college kids made it cool. The modern casual American wardrobe, Clemente argues, was born in the classrooms, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and gyms of universities and colleges across the country. As young people gained increasing social and cultural clout during the early twentieth century, their tastes transformed mainstream fashion from collared and corseted to comfortable. From east coast to west and from the Ivy League to historically black colleges and universities, changing styles reflected new ways of defining the value of personal appearance, and, by extension, new possibilities for creating one's identity. The pace of change in fashion options, however, was hardly equal. Race, class, and gender shaped the adoption of casual style, and young women faced particular backlash both from older generations and from their male peers. Nevertheless, as coeds fought dress codes and stereotypes, they joined men in pushing new styles beyond the campus, into dance halls, theaters, homes, and workplaces. Thanks to these shifts, today's casual style provides a middle ground for people of all backgrounds, redefining the meaning of appearance in American culture. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 In the Public Eye; 2 On the Campus; 3 In the Dorm; 4 On a Date; 5 In the Gym; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890842916

9798890842923

9781469629919

1469629917

9781469615479

1469615479

OCLC:

871045630