Artifacts from American Fashion

Herausgeber: Lee, Heather

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Clothing and fashion accessories can serve as valuable primary sources for learning about our history. This unique book examines daily life in 20th-century America through the lens of fashion and clothing. This collection explores fashion artifacts from daily life to shed light on key aspects of the social life and culture of Americans in the 20th century. Artifacts from American Fashion covers forty-five essential articles of fashion or accessories, chosen to illuminate significant areas of daily life and history, including Politics, World Events, and War; Transportation and Technology; Home and Work Life; Art and Entertainment; Health, Sport, and Leisure; and Alternative Cultures, Youth, Ethnic, Queer, and Counter Culture. Through these artifacts, readers can follow the major events, social movements, cultural shifts, and technological developments that shaped our daily life in the U.S. A World War I soldier's helmet opens a vista onto the horrors of trench warfare during World War I, while the dress of a typical 1920's "flapper" speaks volumes about America women's changing role during Prohibition and the Jazz Age. Similarly, a homemade feedsack dress illuminates the world of the Great Depression, while the bikini ushers us into the Atomic Age. Here, such artificacts tell the story of twentieth-century daily life in America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1022g
• ISBN-13: 9781440864575
• ISBN-10: 1440864578
• Artikelnr.: 56788811

Autorenporträt

Heather Vaughan Lee is a historian, author, lecturer, and museum consultant who has worked in the intersecting fields of clothing and history for the last 15 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronological Guide to Entries Preface Acknowledgments Introduction How to
Evaluate Artifacts Chronology of Events Politics, World Events, and War
Cocktail Dress Eisenhower Jacket Gulf War Uniform Peasant Blouse Pillbox
Hat Platform Shoes Red Cross Uniform Two-Piece Swimsuit Woman's Tailored
Suit WWI Combat Helmet Transportation and Technology Airplane Flight Suit
Duster Motorcycle Jacket Spacesuit Zipper Home and Work Life Arrow Collar
Cowboy Hat Fedora Hat and Gray Flannel Suit Feed Sack Dress Shirtwaist
Dress Woman's Power Suit Wrap Dress Art and Entertainment Art Nouveau Dress
Bias Cut Dress Empire Waist Dress Flapper Dress Paper Dress Shirley Temple
Dress T-Shirt Tuxedo Woman's Sweater Health, Sport, and Leisure Baseball
Cap Bra Canvas Basketball Shoes Corset Leotard Alternative Cultures, Youth,
Ethnic, Queer, and Counterculture Bell-Bottom Pants Black Panther Uniform
Denim Jeans Flannel Shirt Punk Boots Red Ribbon Saddle Shoes Zoot Suit
Selected Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index