Dressing for Austerity: Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Post-War Britain

ISBN-13: 9781780766287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Geraldine Biddle-Perry

Opis

In exploring the working and leisured lives of young women and men in post Second World-War austerity Britain, this book offers a new cultural historical perspective on this crucial period in British society. A wartime culture of conspicuous constraint, alongside Labour's promotion of a new model of idealized citizenship provide a context in which to explore the negotiation of post war consumer desire. The book examines film, fashion and recreational leisure participation as vital conduits of post-war ambition that necessitated new political strategies and consumer activity in a Britain torn between austerity and affluence.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Austerity, Aspiration and Affluence Chapter 1 Austerity by Design Fashioning a New Jerusalem Chapter 2 Austerity in Transition Demobilization/Remobilization Chapter 3 Austerity by Consensus Democratizing Desire Chapter 4 Lessons in Austerity Styling Ideal Citizenship Chapter 5 Austerity and Affluence Another Look at the New Look Chapter 6 Austerity and Aspiration A Boy, A Girl and A Bike Conclusion Affluence by Design The Autonomy of Austerity Index

O autorze

Geraldine Biddle-Perry is Associate Lecture in Cultural Studies at Central St Martins, and co-author of Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion.