When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture

When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schweitzer, Marlis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Costume > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Costume > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Fashion > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Fashion > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Department stores > New York (State) > New York.
Clothing.
Costumes.
Costume.
Fashion.
Department stores.
Theater.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The octopus and the matinee girl
  • The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption
  • "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class
  • Fashioning the modern woman
  • The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue.

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