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Fear and Clothing
Dress in English Detective Fiction Between the First and Second World Wars
Taschenbuch von Jane Custance Baker
Sprache: Englisch

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Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the literature demonstrates an admiration and acceptance of the woman's identity, performed during the Great War and continuing throughout the interwar period, as girl pal and female gentleman.

In chapters that explore age, character, class, masculinity, performative womanhood and race, Jane Custance Baker exposes how dress was a status marker to both male and female readers, made anxious by social change brought about by war. Dress in detective fiction reveals a set of signs to be read, digested, and possibly employed to model the individual reader's personal dress choices. Fear and Clothing sheds new light on dress of the period, the social and cultural environment as depicted in the popular fiction genre in the early 20th century, and is of interest to researchers and scholars within dress history, literary and historical studies, as well as anyone who enjoys the history of detective fiction.

Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the literature demonstrates an admiration and acceptance of the woman's identity, performed during the Great War and continuing throughout the interwar period, as girl pal and female gentleman.

In chapters that explore age, character, class, masculinity, performative womanhood and race, Jane Custance Baker exposes how dress was a status marker to both male and female readers, made anxious by social change brought about by war. Dress in detective fiction reveals a set of signs to be read, digested, and possibly employed to model the individual reader's personal dress choices. Fear and Clothing sheds new light on dress of the period, the social and cultural environment as depicted in the popular fiction genre in the early 20th century, and is of interest to researchers and scholars within dress history, literary and historical studies, as well as anyone who enjoys the history of detective fiction.

Über den Autor
Jane Custance Baker
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Getting it Wrong
Chapter 3: Searching for Mr Right; Interwar Masculinities
Chapter 4: From British Empire to English Heritage,
Weaving Nation and Gender
Chapter 5: Womanhood
Chapter 6: Addressing Race
Chapter 7: Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Innenarchitektur & Design
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781350240315
ISBN-10: 1350240311
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Baker, Jane Custance
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Jane Custance Baker
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 127664256
Über den Autor
Jane Custance Baker
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Getting it Wrong
Chapter 3: Searching for Mr Right; Interwar Masculinities
Chapter 4: From British Empire to English Heritage,
Weaving Nation and Gender
Chapter 5: Womanhood
Chapter 6: Addressing Race
Chapter 7: Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Innenarchitektur & Design
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781350240315
ISBN-10: 1350240311
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Baker, Jane Custance
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Jane Custance Baker
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,454 kg
Artikel-ID: 127664256
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