Dressing for austerity : aspiration, leisure and fashion in postwar Britain / Geraldine Biddle-Perry.
A new look for austerity ... The coldest winter on record, rationing, successive economic crises, bombed out towns and cities; with some justification 'austerity Britain' in the late 1940s is colored in the popular imagination in tones of drab. Dressing for Austerity shines a light on alternative vi...
Uniform Title: | Dress cultures.
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Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
2017.
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Series: | Dress cultures.
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Physical Description: | viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
A new look for austerity ... The coldest winter on record, rationing, successive economic crises, bombed out towns and cities; with some justification 'austerity Britain' in the late 1940s is colored in the popular imagination in tones of drab. Dressing for Austerity shines a light on alternative visions of post-war optimism and aspiration. It traces how, set against the Labour government's philosophy of 'austerity by design' in a climate of post-war idealism, the desire for affordable fashionable clothing, access to leisure, and the health, time and money to enjoy them became totemic symbols of post-war ambition that impelled new strategies of state control and consumer agency. The book examines the immediate post-war period - its politics, its fashions and its people - in new ways and on its own terms as a critical tipping point in the making of modern Britain.--Adapted from dust jacket. |
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Call Number: | GT738 .B53 2017 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-211), filmography (page 211), and index. |
ISBN: | 9781780766287 1780766289 |