The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization

(Part of the Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies Series)

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During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. Modern Girls wore sexy clothes and high heels; they applied lipstick and other cosmetics. Dressed in provocative attire and in hot pursuit of romantic love, Modern Girls appeared on the surface...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822343053

ISBN13:9780822343059

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.48 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences Women in History

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