Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

by Thomas Bleitner
Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde

by Thomas Bleitner

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Overview

Experience the glamor and excitement of the Jazz Age, through the lives of the women who defined it

It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafés of Paris to Hollywood's silver screen, women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles. In countless aspects of life, they dared to challenge accepted notions of a “fairer sex,” and opened new doors for the generations to come. What’s more, they did it with joy, humor, and unapologetic charm.

Exploring the lives of seventeen artists, writers, designers, dancers, adventurers, and athletes, this splendidly illustrated book brings together dozens of photographs with an engaging text. In these pages, readers will meet such iconoclastic women as the lively satirist Dorothy Parker, the avant-garde muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, whose stories continue to offer inspiration for our time. Women of the 1920s is a daring and stylish addition to any bookshelf of women's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780789213471
Publisher: Abbeville Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/15/2019
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 1,101,672
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Thomas Bleitner is a writer and bookseller based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Introduction: Glamour, Style, and the Avant-Garde

Literature and Art
Zelda Fitzgerald
Nancy Cunard
Dorothy Parker
Tamara de Lempicka

Society and Fashion
Luisa Casati
Elsa Schiaparelli
Lee Miller

Photography and Film
Claude Cahun
Clara Bow
Louise Brooks

Cabaret and Dance
Anita Berber
Kiki de Montparnasse
Lavinia Schulz
Josephine Baker

Adventure and Sport
Amelia Earhart
Suzanne Lenglen
Clärenore Stinnes

Bibliography
Index of Names

Table of Contents

Introduction: Glamour, Style, and the Avant-Garde

Literature and Art
Zelda Fitzgerald
Nancy Cunard
Dorothy Parker
Tamara de Lempicka

Society and Fashion
Luisa Casati
Elsa Schiaparelli
Lee Miller

Photography and Film
Claude Cahun
Clara Bow
Louise Brooks

Cabaret and Dance
Anita Berber
Kiki de Montparnasse
Lavinia Schulz
Josephine Baker

Adventure and Sport
Amelia Earhart
Suzanne Lenglen
Clärenore Stinnes

Bibliography
Index of Names
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