Fashion, Work, and Politics in Modern France

Zdatny, S.

This history of coiffure in modern France illuminates a host of important twentieth-century issues: the course of fashion, the travails of small business in a modern economy, the complexities of labour reform, the failure of the Popular Front, the temptations of Pétainism, all accompanied by a parade of waves, chignons, and curls.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-06-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403972170

DOI: 10.1057/9781403984456

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 325