Lost Girls: The Invention of the Flapper - Softcover

Simon, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789140714 ISBN 13: 9781789140712

Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

In the glorious, boozy party after the first World War, a new being burst defiantly onto the world stage: the so-called flapper. Young, impetuous, and flirtatious, she was an alluring, controversial figure, celebrated in movies, fiction, plays, and the pages of fashion magazines. But, as this book argues, she didn’t appear out of nowhere. This spirited, beautifully illustrated history presents a fresh look at the reality of young women’s experiences in America and Britain from the 1890s to the 1920s, when the “modern” girl emerged. Linda Simon shows us how this modern girl bravely created a culture, a look, and a future of her own. Lost Girls is an illuminating history of the iconic flapper as she evolved from a problem to a temptation, and finally, in the 1920s and beyond, to an aspiration.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Linda Simon is professor emerita of English at Skidmore College, New York. Her many books include Coco Chanel and The Greatest Shows on Earth: A History of the Circus, both also published by Reaktion Books.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Reaktion Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1789140714
• ISBN 13: 9781789140712
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 293
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