vii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Summary:
"The first investigation of the role of how modernist objects were marketed by affirming buyers' racial and gender identities"-- Provided by publisher
Collection:
BGC Course Reserves
Call Number:
NK1404 .W557 2021
Available
c.1
Course Name:
693. Craft and Design in the USA, 1945 to the Present. BGC Spring 2023