Fabrications : costume and the female body / edited by Jane Gaines and Charlotte Herzog.
Contributor(s): Gaines, Jane
| Herzog, Charlotte.
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BookSeries: AFI film readers.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 1990Description: vii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0415900611; 041590062X .Subject(s): Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Body, Human -- Social aspects | Feminism and the artsDDC classification: 391.00973 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 391.00973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00060130 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An analysis of costumes in American movies from a feminist film theory perspective. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-294).
Contents: All the rage / Elizabeth Wilson -- Fame, flashdance, and fantasies of achievement / Angela McRobbie -- On the muscle / Laurie Schulze -- The female colossus / Serafina K. Bathrick -- The Carole Lombard in Macy's window / Charles Eckert -- Fig leaves in Hollywood / Jeanne Thomas Allen -- Powder puff promotion / Charlotte Herzog -- Handmaidens of the glamour culture / ElizabethNielsen -- Costume and narrative / Jane Gaines -- Designing women / Maureen Turim -- Masochism, masquerade, and the erotic metamorphoses of Marlene Dietrich / Gaylyn Studlar.