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Author Peiss, Kathy Lee, author.

Title Zoot suit : the enigmatic career of an extreme style / Kathy Peiss
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Making the Suit Zoot -- 2. Going to Extremes -- 3. Into the Public Eye -- 4. From Rags to Riot -- 5. Reading the Riddle -- 6. Zooting Around the World
Summary Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style
Analysis "Multi-User"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- United States
Fashion -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Minority youth -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Clothing and dress -- Social aspects
Fashion
Nationale Minderheit
Männliche Jugend
Mode
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011010284
ISBN 9780812243376
0812243374
9781283896955
1283896958
9780812204599
081220459X