Fashioning Character: Style, Performance, and Identity in Contemporary American Literature

by Lauren S Cardon and Lauren S. Cardon

Book Overview

It's often said that we are what we wear. Tracing an American trajectory in fashion, Lauren Cardon shows how we become what we wear. Over the twentieth century, the American fashion industry diverged from its roots in Paris, expanding and attempting to reach as many consumers as possible. Fashion became a tool for social mobility. During the late twentieth century, the fashion industry offered something even more valuable to its consumers: the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813945895
• ISBN13: 9780813945897
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"