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Lencería
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ISBN: 1283952556 1780420501 9781780420509 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York Parkstone International Parkstone Press USA

Nazi chic? : fashioning women in the Third Reich
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ISBN: 1859734006 185973717X 9786610339532 1417597747 1280339535 1845205618 Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Berg,

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We are all familiar with the stereotype of the German woman as either a Brunhilde in uniform or a chubby farmer's wife. However, throughout the interwar period fashion was one of Germany's largest industries and German women ranked among the most elegantly dressed in all of Europe. This book explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image that would mirror official gender policies, instill feelings of national pride, promote a German victory on the fashion runways of Europe, and support a Nazi-controlled European fashion industry. How did the few women with power maintain style and elegance? How did the majority experience the increased standardization of clothing characteristic of the Nazi years? How did women deal with the severe clothing restrictions brought about by Nazi policies and the exigencies of war? Nazi 'Chic'? addresses these questions and many others, including the role of anti-Semitism, "aryanization," and the hypocrisy of Nazi policies. The result is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich.

Fashioning Africa
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ISBN: 9780253216892 0253111048 1282071807 9780253111043 0253216893 9780253344151 0253344158 0253344158 0253216893 9781282071803 9786612071805 661207180X Year: 2004 Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University Press

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Everywhere in the world there is a close connection between the clothes we wear and our political expression. To date, few scholars have explored what clothing means in 20th-century Africa and the diaspora. In Fashioning Africa, an international group of anthropologists, historians, and art historians bring rich and diverse perspectives to this fascinating topic.

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