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Author	Schweitzer, Marlis.
Title	When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture / Marlis Schweitzer.
Publication Info.	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 12	792.0973 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-294) and index.
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.
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.
	Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title	Theater, fashion, and American culture
ISBN	9780812241570 (alk. paper)
	0812241576 (alk. paper)

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