Introduction: The spectacular modern woman: The status of the woman-object. Part I. The modern scene: The city girl in the metropolitan scene -- The screen-struck girl in the cinematic scene -- The mannequin in the commodity scene. Part II. Modern appearing women: The beauty contestant in the photographic scene -- The "primitive" woman in the late colonial scene -- The flapper in the heterosexual leisure scene. Conclusion: Feminine identity and visual culture
Summary
Liz Conor explores the role of media technology in the emergence of the 'modern woman' in the 1920s. At once liberating & confining, the media images of women set standards of appearance that were closely tied to ideas about the roles a woman could fulfill, from city girl to mannekin to flapper
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and index
