When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture

Publication Data

• Title When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture
• Author Marlis Schweitzer
• Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Philadelphia
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
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When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture by Marlis Schweitzer. ISBN 9780812241570. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.