{"product_id":"1960s-model-girl-narrative-identities-in-fashion-time-and-history-9781350076297","title":"1960s Model Girl: Narrative Identities in Fashion, Time and History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Felice McDowell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining histories of post-war Britain, fashion, modelling, photography and popular culture, \u003ci\u003e1960s Model Girl: Narrative Identities in Fashion, Time and History \u003c\/i\u003eexplores model girl narratives found throughout media, fashion magazines, advice literature, auto\/biographies and fashion exhibits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing theories of history, life-writing and narrative identity, \u003ci\u003e 1960s Model Girl\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how these can be applied to the study of fashion and shows how fashion studies opens new pathways to understanding identity and emergent British femininities. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, case studies include teen fashion magazines \u003ci\u003ePetticoat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModel Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; advice writing of model agent Lucie Clayton and fashion journalist Suzy Menkes; autobiographies of fashion models Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; and the \u003ci\u003eMary Quant\u003c\/i\u003e exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2019-2020). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides an intricate study of a varied and manifold figure whose impact and influence spreads further afield than a particular time, place and professional context. Closely attending to a range of model girl narratives, \u003ci\u003e1960s Model Girl\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the cultural past and, in turn, sheds light on our own historical present.","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45081878495383,"sku":"9781350076297","price":7624.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350076297.webp?v=1767634074","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/1960s-model-girl-narrative-identities-in-fashion-time-and-history-9781350076297","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}