The modern girl : feminine modernities, the body, and commodities in the 1920s / Jane Nicholas.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9781442616523
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Women in popular culture -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Women -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Women -- Canada -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- HQ1220 .M634 2015
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Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Using a wide range of visual and textual evidence, Nicholas illuminates both the frequent public debates about female appearance and the realities of feminine self-presentation<strong> </strong>in 1920s Canada.
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