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An edition of Nazi chic? (2004)

Nazi chic?

fashioning women in the Third Reich

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This is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. It explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image that would mirror official gender polic ies, inculcate feelings of national pride, promote a German victory on the fashion runways of Europe and support a Nazi-controlled European fashion industry. Not only was fashion one of the countrys largest industries throughout the interwar period, but German women ranked among the most elegantly dressed in all of Europe. While exploding the cul.

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Publisher
Berg
Language
English
Pages
499

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2004, Berg
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2004, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The fashion debate in World War I
The "new" woman
Fashioning women in the Third Reich
"Purifying" the German clothing industry
Germany's National Fashion Institute
The war years
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-475) and index.

Published in
Oxford, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
391.2/0943/09044
Library of Congress
GT911 .G84 2004, GT500, GT911 .G84 2004eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 499 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
499

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3328362M
ISBN 10
1859734006, 185973717X
LCCN
2004303052
OCLC/WorldCat
51483381, 1201426733
LibraryThing
340338
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.5040/9781847888792
Goodreads
4906347
222566

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5758431W

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