Dressing for Austerity : Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Postwar Britain / Geraldine Biddle-Perry

• Autore: Biddle-Perry, Geraldine
• Pubblicazione: London, : Tauris, 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
• Sommario/riassunto: A new look for Austerity...The coldest winter on record, rationing, successive economic crises, bombed out towns and cities; with some justification 'Austerity Britain' in the late 1940s is coloured in the popular imagination in tones of drab. Dressing for Austerity shines a light on alternative visions of post-war optimism and aspiration. It traces how, set against the Labour government's philosophy of 'Austerity by design' in a climate of post-war idealism, the desire for affordable fashionable clothing, access to leisure, and the health, time and money to enjoy them became totemic symbols of post-war ambition that impelled new strategies of state control and consumer agency. The book examines the immediate post-war period - its politics, its fashions and its people - in new ways and on its own terms as a critical tipping point in the making of modern Britain.
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• Titolo autorizzato: Dressing for Austerity
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: VAN00246949
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli
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