The Modern Girl : Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442616523
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 p.)
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- THE MODERN GIRL. Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s -- Introduction: The Canadian Modern Girl -- 1. Making a Modern Girl's Body: Commodities, Performance, and Discipline -- 2. Dear Valerie, Dear Mab: Beauty, Expert Advice, and Modern Magic -- 3. The Girl in the City: Urban Modernity, Race, and Nation -- 4. The Beauty Pageant: Contesting Feminine Modernities -- 5. Modern Art and the Girl: Nude Art and the Feminine Threat -- 6. Modern Girls and Machines: Cars, Projectors, and Publicity -- Conclusion: Losing the Modern Girl -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) |