Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body - Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design

"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"--

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Kristina Wilson

Summary

The first investigation of how race and gender shaped the presentation and marketing of Modernist decor in postwar AmericaIn the world of interior design, mid-century Modernism has left an indelible mark still seen and felt today in countless open-concept floor plans and spare, geometric furnishings. Yet despite our continued fascination, we ra

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"[A] nuanced and exciting book. . . . Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body contributes a vital counternarrative to the canon and should be essential reading for historians, educators, designers, and students of design. . . . [I]t will encourage readers to look more closely within and around the frames to see where race, gender, and power inform design, both in history and in our contemporary world."---Jennifer Rittner, Panorama: Journal of the Association of the Historians of American Art

Product details

• Authors: Kristina Wilson, Wilson Kristina
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780691208190
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20819-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, DESIGN / General, ART / History / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / American / General, History of Art, Modernism, Social discrimination & inequality, Industrial / commercial art & design, United States of America, USA, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Gender studies, gender groups, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Social discrimination and social justice