{"product_id":"fashioning-women-in-wartime-picture-post-stories-1938-1945-9781350000926","title":"Fashioning Women in Wartime: Picture Post Stories, 1938-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Geraldine Howell\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\u003ci\u003ePicture Post \u003c\/i\u003emagazine was made famous by its pioneering photojournalism, which vividly captured a panorama of wartime events and the ordinary lives affected. This book is the first to examine this fascinating primary source as a cultural record of women's dress history. Reading the magazine's visual narratives from 1938 to 1945, it weaves together the ways in which design, style and fashion were affected by, and responded to, the state of being at war - and the new gender roles it created for women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the working class of Whitechapel to the beach sets of the Bahamas, and from well-heeled Mayfair to middle-class New York, \u003ci\u003eWomen in Wartime \u003c\/i\u003etakes a wide-angled lens to the fashions and lifestyles of the women featured in \u003ci\u003ePicture Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Exploring the nature of femininity and the struggle to be fashionable during the war, the book reveals critical connections between clothing and social culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a unique range of photographs, \u003ci\u003eWomen in Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e presents a living history of how women's clothing choices reflect changing perceptions of gender, body, and class during an era of unprecedented social change.","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45083676213399,"sku":"9781350000926","price":12706.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350000926.webp?v=1767898271","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fashioning-women-in-wartime-picture-post-stories-1938-1945-9781350000926","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}