{"product_id":"women-in-wartime-geraldine-howell-9781350211889","title":"Women in Wartime: Dress Studies from Picture Post 1938-1945","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geraldine Howell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350211885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350211889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.46d","brand":"Geraldine Howell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990900343039,"sku":"9781350211889","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed91b177-ffd2-49e8-be07-91c2114dd162.jpg?v=1683307324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-in-wartime-geraldine-howell-9781350211889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}