Title When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture / Marlis Schweitzer.

Publication Info.	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
	©2009

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PN2277.N5 S39 2009	Available	---

Description	310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-294) and index.
Contents	The octopus and the matinee girl -- The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption -- "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class -- Fashioning the modern woman -- The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
Subject	Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Theater.
	New York (State) -- New York.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Costume.
	Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Fashion.
	Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Department stores.
	Costumes.
ISBN	9780812241570 alkaline paper
	0812241576 alkaline paper