Publication

1983 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

92,250 words, Guess

Page Count

369 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.4/2/0973
  • LCCHQ1410 .B36 1983

Description

"Drawing on memoirs, etiquette books, contemporary novels, and popular histories of the musical and theatrical stage, Lois W. Banner chronicles how women looked (and how they felt about how they looked) and how they wanted to look ... Here are the changing vogues ... American clothes as a revelation of sexual attitudes ... the shifting models of American beauty ... illustrated with 16 pages of photographs."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • American beautyKnopf1983

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