Flapper
Subtitle: a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern
By: Joshua Zeitz.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781400080540
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Biography.; Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.; Artists -- United States -- Biography.; Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.; Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Biography.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tango pirates and absinthe; title: The most popular girl; title: Sex o'clock in America; title: Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell?; title: Flapper King; title: Doing it for effect; title: I prefer this sort of girl; title: Straighten out people; title: New York sophistication; title: Miss jazz age; title: Girlish delight in barrooms; title: These modern women; title: The lingerie shortage in this country; title: A mind full of fabulations; title: An athletic kind of girl; title: Let go of the waistline; title: Into the streets; title: Without imagination, no wants; title: 10,000,000 femmes fatales; title: Appearances count; title: Papa, what is beer?; title: Oh, little girl, never grow up; title: The kind of girl the fellows want; title: Another petulant way to pass the time; title: The dreamer's dream come true; title: Suicide on the installment plan; title: Unaffordable excess.