Mid-century modernism and the American body : race, gender, and the politics of power in design / Kristina Wilson.
- Wilson, Kristina
- Date:
- 2021
- Books
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Description
"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Physical description
vii, 254 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineZHD /WILOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780691208190
- 0691208190