Mid-century modernism and the American body : race, gender, and the politics of power in design

Mid-century modernism and the American body : race, gender, and the politics of power in design / Kristina Wilson.

Author/creator	Wilson, Kristina author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Description	vii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Design--Social aspects --United States --History --20th century. Modernism (Aesthetics)--Social aspects --United States. Decorative arts--United States --Marketing. Power (Social sciences)--United States --History --20th century.

Contents	The Body in Control: Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living -- "Modern Design? You Bet!" Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950-1959 -- Like a "girl in a bikini suit" and other stories: Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller -- "The quick appraising glance": Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self -- Epilogue: The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism.
Abstract	"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2020010430
ISBN	9780691208190 hardcover
ISBN	0691208190 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	NK1404 .W557 2021	✔ Available	Place Hold