Dressed for Freedom
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Dressed for Freedom

The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

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Dressed for Freedom

The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

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Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles of the 1970s, Rabinovitch-Fox shows how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for women to assert claims over their bodies, femininity, and social roles. She also highlights how trends in women's sartorial practices expressed ideas of independence and equality. As women employed new clothing styles, they expanded feminist activism beyond formal organizations and movements and reclaimed fashion as a realm of pleasure, power, and feminist consciousness.

A fascinating account of clothing as an everyday feminist practice, Dressed for Freedom brings fashion into discussions of American feminism during the long twentieth century.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780252052941
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

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    APA 6 Citation

    Rabinovitch-Fox, E. (2021). Dressed for Freedom ([edition unavailable]). University of Illinois Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2993463 (Original work published 2021)

    Chicago Citation

    Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav. (2021) 2021. Dressed for Freedom. [Edition unavailable]. University of Illinois Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2993463.

    Harvard Citation

    Rabinovitch-Fox, E. (2021) Dressed for Freedom. [edition unavailable]. University of Illinois Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2993463 (Accessed: 3 July 2024).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav. Dressed for Freedom. [edition unavailable]. University of Illinois Press, 2021. Web. 3 July 2024.