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Designing Women: Cinema, Art Deco, and the Female Form
Lucy Fischer
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Description for Designing Women: Cinema, Art Deco, and the Female Form
Paperback. Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of an industrialized world. This title documents the ubiquity of Art Deco in mainstream consumerism and its connection to the emergence of the "New Woman" in American society. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of a newly industrialized world. From department store window dressings to the illustrations in the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs to the glamorous pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazar, Lucy Fischer documents the ubiquity of Art Deco in mainstream consumerism and its connection to the emergence of the "New Woman" in American society. Fischer argues that Art Deco functioned as a trademark for popular notions of femininity during a time when women were widely considered to be the primary consumers in the average ... Read more
Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of a newly industrialized world. From department store window dressings to the illustrations in the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs to the glamorous pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazar, Lucy Fischer documents the ubiquity of Art Deco in mainstream consumerism and its connection to the emergence of the "New Woman" in American society. Fischer argues that Art Deco functioned as a trademark for popular notions of femininity during a time when women were widely considered to be the primary consumers in the average ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125017
SKU
V9780231125017
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About Lucy Fischer
Lucy Fischer is director of the film studies program and professor of English and film at the University of Pittsburgh, and a former president of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. She is the author of Sunrise; Cinematernity: Film, Motherhood, Genre; and Shot/Countershot: Film Tradition and Women's Cinema.
Reviews for Designing Women: Cinema, Art Deco, and the Female Form
Lucy Fischer's book is fueled by love... and enlivened by her zest for finding and analyzing the presence of Art Deco in unlikely places. Her research is meticulous... This book is a very entertaining investigation of a style still much loved today. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Friendly to the general reader...It's hard not to be charmed...It's an extremely stimulating red. The Sophisticate ... Read more