Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Schweitzer, Marlis.

When Broadway was the runway theater, fashion, and American culture / [electronic resource] : Marlis Schweitzer. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009. - 310 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-294) and index.

The octopus and the matinee girl -- The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption -- "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class -- Fashioning the modern woman -- The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

LCCN:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Theater--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Theater--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Costume--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Costume--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Fashion--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Fashion--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Department stores--New York (State)--New York.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN2277.N5 / S39 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 792.09747/109041