TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholas,Jane
TI  - The modern girl: feminine modernities, the body, and commodities in the 1920s 
T2  - Studies in gender and history
SN  - 9781442616523
AV  - HQ1220 .M634 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
KW  - Canada
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women in popular culture
KW  - Beauty, Personal
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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