Dressed for freedom [electronic resource] : the fashionable politics of American feminism / Einav Rabinovitch-Fox.

"Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s sh...

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Main Author: Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav, 1981- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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Variant Title:
Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism
Format: Electronic eBook

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction Beyond Bloomers: The Feminist Politics of Women's Fashion in the Twentieth Century -- Fashioning the New Woman: Gibson Girls, Shirtwaist Makers, and Rainy Daisies -- Styling Women's Rights: Fashion and Feminist Ideology -- Dressing the Modern Girl: Flapper Styles and the Politics of Women's Freedom -- Designing Power: The Fashion Industry and the Politics of Style -- This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Fashion in the Era of Women's Liberation -- Epilogue The Fashionable Legacies of American Feminism. 
520 |a "Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles of the 1970s, Rabinovitch-Fox shows how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for women to assert claims over their bodies, femininity, and social roles. She also highlights how trends in women's sartorial practices expressed ideas of independence and equality. As women employed new clothing styles, they expanded feminist activism beyond formal organizations and movements and reclaimed fashion as a realm of pleasure, power, and feminist consciousness. A fascinating account of clothing as an everyday feminist practice, Dressed for Freedom brings fashion into discussions of American feminism during the long twentieth century"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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