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Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern Cover Image Book

Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern / Joshua Zeitz.

Zeitz, Joshua. (Author).

Summary:

Examining the lives of Lois Long, Coco Chanel, Zelda Fitzgerald, Clara Bow, and other Jazz Age luminaries, a social history traces the evolution of the new woman of the 1920s and the making of modern culture.

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  • ISBN: 9781400080540
  • ISBN: 1400080541
  • ISBN: 1400080533
  • Physical Description: x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl -- Straighten out people -- New York sophistication -- Miss jazz age -- Girlish delight in barrooms -- These modern women -- The lingerie shortage in this country -- A mind full of fabulations -- An athletic kind of girl -- Let go of the waistline -- Into the streets -- Without imagination, no wants -- 10,000,000 femmes fatales -- Appearances count -- Papa, what is beer? -- Oh, little girl, never grow up -- The kind of girl the fellows want -- Another petulant way to pass the time -- The dreamer's dream come true -- Suicide on the installment plan -- Unaffordable excess.

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Women > United States > Biography.
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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.
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United States > History > 1919-1933 > Biography.
United States > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
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