Glamour
Subtitle: a history
By: Stephen Gundle.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199210985
Subjects: Beauty, Personal -- France -- History; Beauty, Personal -- England -- History; Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects; Fashion -- France -- History; Fashion -- England -- History; Fashion -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Glamour and modernity; title: Urban enchantments; title: The birth of sex appeal; title: Wealth, style, and spectacle; title: Cafe society and publicity; title: The Hollywood star system; title: Paris, Rome, and the Riviera; title: Glamour and mass consumption; title: Photography and the female image; title: Style, pastiche, and excess; title: Contemporary glamour.