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

Main entry:

Wilson, Kristina, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Description:

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

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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:

9780691208190 hardcover
0691208190 hardcover
electronic book
9780691213491
0691213496

Subject:

Design Social aspects United States History 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) Social aspects United States.
Decorative arts United States Marketing.
Power (Social sciences) United States History 20th century.
Industrial design Social aspects United States History 20th century.
Design Aspect social États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Esthétique) Aspect social États-Unis.
Decorative arts Marketing
Design Social aspects
Power (Social sciences)
United States

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309669
Call No.: BIB 254867
Status: Available

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