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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sandra TomcPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.60cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9780472074891ISBN 10: 047207489 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter One. American Looks Chapter Two. Restyling an Old World: Metropolitan Fashion in the Antebellum U.S. Chapter Three. “Clothes Upon Sticks”: The Settler Colonial Sartorial Eye Chapter Four. Some Inscrutable Flattery of the Atmosphere: The Ethnic Nation in the White City Conclusion IndexReviews"Honorable Mention: Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS) 2021 Robert K. Martin Book Prize-- ""CAAS Robert K. Martin Book Prize"" ""Fashion Nation makes a timely and significant contribution to understanding the history of ethnicity and national identity in the American context. Most importantly, this book challenges us to think about national style in flexible and multidimensional ways. Tomc shows that discourses of ethnicity can simultaneously operate as a means of constructing and signaling shared identity and as a way of foiling identification."" --Yvette R. South ""Early American Literature""" """Fashion Nation makes a timely and significant contribution to understanding the history of ethnicity and national identity in the American context. Most importantly, this book challenges us to think about national style in flexible and multidimensional ways. Tomc shows that discourses of ethnicity can simultaneously operate as a means of constructing and signaling shared identity and as a way of foiling identification."" --Yvette R. South ""Early American Literature""" Author InformationSandra Tomc is Professor of English Language and Literatures at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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