{"product_id":"1960s-model-girl-felice-mcdowell-9781350076297","title":"1960s Model Girl: Narrative Identities in Fashion, Time and History","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felice McDowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350076295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350076297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Felice McDowell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244110921983,"sku":"9781350076297","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e06a0c8-49c4-4b3b-a545-8421cd2dbaa0.jpg?v=1758134964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/1960s-model-girl-felice-mcdowell-9781350076297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}