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.
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