Dressing up debutantes
Subtitle: pageantry and glitz in Texas
By: Michaele Thurgood Haynes.
Series: Dress, body, culture,
Publisher: Berg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Debutantes -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Costume.; Debutante balls -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; Clothing and dress -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; San Antonio (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: This book demonstrates how a material culture analysis of the coronation costumes worn by the Euro-American debutantes provides a significant contribution to the study of social elites in Western society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-174) and index.