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Summary:

"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• The Body in Control: Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living
• "Modern Design? You Bet!" Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950-1959
• Like a "girl in a bikini suit" and other stories: Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller
• "The quick appraising glance": Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self
• Epilogue: The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism.

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Kristina , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design [by Wilson, K.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Mid-century modernism and the American body [by Wilson, K.] (Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021] — ISBN 9780691208190; LCCN 2020010430; OCLC Number 1143802649)

Related Series:

Book collections on Project MUSE

Subjects:

Power (Social sciences) — United States — History — 20th century

Decorative arts — United States — Marketing

Modernism (Aesthetics) — Social aspects — United States

Design — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century

1900-1999

Decorative arts — Marketing

Decorative arts

Modernism (Aesthetics)

Social aspects

Design — Social aspects

Design

Power (Social sciences)

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

NK1404 .W557 2021eb

ISBNs:

9780691213491 (electronic bk.)
0691213496 (electronic bk.)
9780691208190 [Invalid]
0691208190 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020010430 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1245918686