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Zoot Suit : The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812204599
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zoot SuitDDC classification:
  • 391/.10973
LOC classification:
  • GT525 -- .P45 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Making the Suit Zoot -- 2 Going to Extremes -- 3 Into the Public Eye -- 4 From Rags to Riot -- 5 Reading the Riddle -- 6 Zooting Around the World -- Aftermath -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Making the Suit Zoot -- 2 Going to Extremes -- 3 Into the Public Eye -- 4 From Rags to Riot -- 5 Reading the Riddle -- 6 Zooting Around the World -- Aftermath -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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