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Author:

Cardon, Lauren S., author.

Title:

Fashioning character : style, performance, and identity in contemporary American literature / Lauren S. Cardon.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xi, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1900-1999
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Fashion in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
American fiction.
Clothing and dress in literature.
Fashion in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Cultural frames, framing culture

ISBN:

0813945895
9780813945897
0813945887
9780813945880

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1198087225

LCCN:

2020042629

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)