Modern Girl - Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s

Informationen zum Autor By Jane Nicholas Klappentext Using a wide range of visual and textual evidence, Nicholas illuminates both the frequent public debates about female appearance and the realities of feminine self-presentation in 1920s Canada. Zusammenfassung Using a wide range of visual and textual evidence! Nicholas illuminates both the frequent public debates about female appearance and the realities of feminine self-presentation in 1920s Canada. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  List of Figures Introduction: The Canadian Modern Girl 1. Making a Modern Girl’s Body: Commodities, Performance, and Discipline 2. Dear Valerie, Dear Mab: Beauty, Expert Advice, and Modern Magic 3. Urban Modernity, Race, Nation, and the Modern Girl 4. The Beauty Pageant: Contesting Feminine Modernities 5. Modern Art and the Girl: Nude Art and the Feminine Threat 6. Modern Girls and Machines: Cars, Projectors, and Publicity  Conclusion: Losing the Modern Girl Notes Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Jane Nicholas, Jane Nicholas
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442626041
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2604-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries