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Fashioning Character explores new territory by examining sacred canonical texts in contemporary American literature written by both male, female, and nonbinary writers. It is a reflective examination of fashion's capability for sexuality, self-fashioning and discussions of gender, and patriotism. -- ""Journal of Ethnic American Literature "" Cardon, who teaches English at the Univ. of Alabama, brings considerable expertise about fashion history and theory to a lively inquiry into the way fashion functions as a ""tool for performing and ultimately constructing identity.""... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. -- ""CHOICE"" Fashioning Character breaks new ground in its examination of canonical texts by both male, female, and nonbinary writers in contemporary American literature. A thoughtful exploration of fashion's capacity for self-fashioning and negotiations of gender, sexuality, and nationalism. --Stephanie Harzewski, University of New Hampshire

Fashioning Character breaks new ground in its examination of canonical texts by both male, female, and nonbinary writers in contemporary American literature. A thoughtful exploration of fashion's capacity for self-fashioning and negotiations of gender, sexuality, and nationalism. --Stephanie Harzewski, University of New Hampshire Chick Lit and Postfeminism

Fashioning Character breaks new ground in its examination of canonical texts by both male, female, and nonbinary writers in contemporary American literature. A thoughtful exploration of fashion's capacity for self-fashioning and negotiations of gender, sexuality, and nationalism.

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Lauren S. Cardon is Associate Professor of English at the University of Alabama and author of Fashion and Fiction: Self-Transformation in Twentieth-Century American Literature (Virginia).

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