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Author Schweitzer, Marlis

Title When Broadway Was the Runway : Theater, Fashion, and American Culture
Published University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource
Contents The octopus and the matinee girl -- The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption -- "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class -- Fashioning the modern woman -- The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Summary This history aims a spotlight on the cultural and economic convergence of the theater and fashion industries in the United States
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Subject Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York
Costume
Department stores
Fashion
Theater
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1283897776
9781283897778
9780812221633
081222163X