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- catalog abstract ""Over the years the bra has been stereotyped as an object of seduction, glamour, and even oppression. In Uplift: The Bra in America, Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau use this item of clothing to gauge the social history of women in the United States and to understand the business history of fashion. Viewing fashion as a means to entertainment, self-creation, and everyday art, the authors illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12297056.
- catalog contributor b12297057.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Over the years the bra has been stereotyped as an object of seduction, glamour, and even oppression. In Uplift: The Bra in America, Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau use this item of clothing to gauge the social history of women in the United States and to understand the business history of fashion. Viewing fashion as a means to entertainment, self-creation, and everyday art, the authors illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and index.".
- catalog description "The birth of the brassiere -- Brassieres win a niche in fashion -- Breasts lost and found -- Brassieres rise, stocks fall -- Dutiful brassieres -- Boom and busts -- Ban the bra? -- Wondering about bras.".
- catalog extent "xv, 243 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Uplift.".
- catalog identifier "0812236432 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Uplift.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "Uplift.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "391.4/2 21".
- catalog subject "Brassieres United States History.".
- catalog subject "TT677 .F37 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The birth of the brassiere -- Brassieres win a niche in fashion -- Breasts lost and found -- Brassieres rise, stocks fall -- Dutiful brassieres -- Boom and busts -- Ban the bra? -- Wondering about bras.".
- catalog title "Uplift : the bra in America / Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".