American Beauty, الجزء 11;الجزء 13Knopf, 1983 - 369 من الصفحات "Drawing on memoirs, etiquette books, contemporary novels, and popular histories of the musical and theatrical stage, Lois W. Banner chronicles how women looked (and how they felt about how they looked) and how they wanted to look ... Here are the changing vogues ... American clothes as a revelation of sexual attitudes ... the shifting models of American beauty ... illustrated with 16 pages of photographs."--Jacket. |
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... represented not morality , but power . " From the memorable day when the queen of Sheba made a formal call on the lamented King Solomon , the power of beauty has controlled the fate of dynasties and the lives of men , " wrote etiquette ...
... represented not morality , but power . " From the memorable day when the queen of Sheba made a formal call on the lamented King Solomon , the power of beauty has controlled the fate of dynasties and the lives of men , " wrote etiquette ...
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... represented to them as the day's most up - to - date and respected style . The most famous late - century private room in the United States was the ball- room of New York City social arbiter Caroline Astor . Its capacity of 400 persons ...
... represented to them as the day's most up - to - date and respected style . The most famous late - century private room in the United States was the ball- room of New York City social arbiter Caroline Astor . Its capacity of 400 persons ...
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... represented to her more conservative predecessors . The Gibson girl had " eaten of the Tree of Knowledge , " but she was nonetheless a " beautiful , brilliant , lovable girl . " 37 Yet as much as she represented the new realities of ...
... represented to her more conservative predecessors . The Gibson girl had " eaten of the Tree of Knowledge , " but she was nonetheless a " beautiful , brilliant , lovable girl . " 37 Yet as much as she represented the new realities of ...
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The Fashionables | 17 |
The SteelEngraving Lady | 45 |
The Underside of Fashion | 66 |
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