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Author Nicholas, Jane, 1977- author.

Title The modern girl : feminine modernities, the body, and commodities in the 1920s / Jane Nicholas.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in gender and history
Studies in gender and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Canada.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Women in popular culture -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Women in popular culture.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects.
Beauty, Personal.
Women -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women.
Social conditions.
Women -- Canada -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Economic conditions.
Canada -- Social conditions -- 1918-1930.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Nicholas, Jane, 1977- author. Modern girl 9781442648289 (OCoLC)879584113
ISBN 9781442616523 electronic book
1442616520 electronic book
9781442648289
1442648287
9781442626041
1442626046