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Author:

Wilson, Kristina, author.

Title:

Mid-century modernism and the American body : race, gender, and the politics of power in design / Kristina Wilson.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

vii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Subject:

Design--History--United States--History--20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--Social aspects--United States.
Decorative arts--United States--Marketing.
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--20th century.
Decorative arts--Marketing.
Design--Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Body in Control: Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living -- "Modern Design? You Bet!" Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950-1959 -- Like a "girl in a bikini suit" and other stories: Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller -- "The quick appraising glance": Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self -- Epilogue: The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism.

Summary:

"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0691208190
9780691208190

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1143802649

LCCN:

2020010430

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)