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LEADER: 01749cam a2200337 i 4500
001 2012028814
003 DLC
005 20150620075944.0
008 120912t20132013ctua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012028814
020 $a9780300189537 (alk. paper)
020 $a0300189532 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-fr---$an-us---
050 00 $aTT502$b.E824 2013
082 00 $a746.9/20944$223
100 1 $aEvans, Caroline,$d1954-
245 14 $aThe mechanical smile :$bmodernism and the first fashion shows in France and America 1900-1929 /$cCaroline Evans.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $a331 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 306-314) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Prehistory: nineteenth century fashion modelling -- Paris 1900-1914: the rationalization of the body -- 1900-1914: French fashion on the world stage -- America 1900-1917: show business -- 1914-1919: wartime Paris and the nationalization of the body -- 1919-1929: fashion in motion -- Architecture: factories of elegance -- Audiences: the commerce of the look -- Objects: industrial smiles -- Prolepsis: future bodies -- Movement: the mannequin walk -- Flow: the mannequin pose -- Postscript: balancing the books: between the legacy of the fashion show and the inheritance of the mannequin.
650 0 $aFashion shows$zFrance$xHistory.
650 0 $aFashion shows$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aModernism (Aesthetics)$zFrance.
650 0 $aModernism (Aesthetics)$zUnited States.