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Gundle, Stephen (2008) Glamour : a history. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199210985
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Abstract
Glamour is one of the most tantalizing and bewitching aspects of contemporary culture - but also one of the most elusive.
The aura of celebrity, the style of the fashion world, the vanity of the rich and beautiful, and the publicity-driven rites of café society are all imbued with its irresistible magnetism. But what exactly is glamour? Where does it come from? How old is it? And can anyone quite capture its magic?
Stephen Gundle answers all these questions and more in this first ever history of the phenomenon, from Paris in the tumultuous final decades of the eighteenth century through to Hollywood, New York, and Monte Carlo in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from Napoleon to Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe, from Beau Brummell to Gianni Versace.
Throughout, the book captures the excitement and sex appeal of glamour while exposing its mechanisms and exploring its sleazy and sometimes tragic underside. As Gundle shows, while glamour is exciting and magnetic, its promise is ultimately an illusion that can only ever be partially fulfilled.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Beauty, Personal -- France -- History., Beauty, Personal -- England -- History., Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects., Fashion -- France -- History., Fashion -- England -- History., Fashion -- Social aspects. | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
Place of Publication: | Oxford ; New York | ||||
ISBN: | 9780199210985 | ||||
Official Date: | 26 June 2008 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 472 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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