Flappers: A Guide to an American Subculture

by Kelly Boyer Sagert

This book offers an examination of the Roaring Twenties in the United States, focusing on the vibrant icon of the newly liberated woman--the flapper--that came to embody the Jazz Age.

Flappers takes readers back to the time of speakeasies, gangsters, dance bands, and silent film stars, offering a fresh look at the Jazz Age by focusing on the women who came to symbolize it.

Flappers captures the full scope of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313376905
• ISBN13: 9780313376900
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"