Zoot Suit : : The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style /

Zoot Suit : : The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style / / Kathy Peiss.

ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit.-Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944Before the fashion statements of hippies, punks, or hip-hop, there was the zoot suit, a striking urban look of the World War II era that captivated the imagina...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
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Peiss, Kathy,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 28 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Making the Suit Zoot
  • 2. Going to Extremes
  • 3. Into the Public Eye
  • 4. From Rags to Riot
  • 5. Reading the Riddle
  • 6. Zooting Around the World
  • Aftermath
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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