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Fashioning character : style, performance, and identity in contemporary American literature

Title
  1. Fashioning character : style, performance, and identity in contemporary American literature / Lauren S. Cardon.
Published by
  1. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
  2. ©2021
Author
  1. Cardon, Lauren S.

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Description
  1. xi, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book examines how fashion opens possibilities for characters to explore different facets of their identities in well-known works by Sylvia Plath, Jack Kerouac, Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, and Aleshia Brevard, among others"--
Series statement
  1. Cultural frames, framing culture
Uniform title
  1. Cultural frames, framing culture.
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  3. Clothing and dress in literature
  4. Fashion in literature
  5. Identity (Psychology) in literature
  6. American fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Fashion as freedom -- Plath, Sexton, and the "new look" -- The Beat writers and the dawn of street fashion -- Afrocentric fashion in the writing of Walker, Morrison, and Senna -- American Indian literature and a legacy of misappropriation -- Gendered fashion and transgender literature -- Conclusion: Fashion and fiction of the future.
Call number
  1. JFE 21-2616
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Cardon, Lauren S., author.
Title
  1. Fashioning character : style, performance, and identity in contemporary American literature / Lauren S. Cardon.
Publisher
  1. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Copyright date
  1. ©2021
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Cultural frames, framing culture
  2. Cultural frames, framing culture.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
Other form:
  1. Online version: Cardon, Lauren S. Fashioning character Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021 9780813945903 (DLC) 2020042630
LCCN
  1. 2020042629
ISBN
  1. 9780813945880 hardcover ; acid-free paper
  2. 0813945887 hardcover ; acid-free paper
  3. 9780813945897 paperback ; acid-free paper
  4. 0813945895 paperback ; acid-free paper
Research call number
  1. JFE 21-2616
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