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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199210985
ISBN-13
9780199210985
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63861285
Product Key Features
Book Title
Glamour : a History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Beauty & Grooming, Rich & Famous, Social History, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
31.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-009772
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This book captures the tantalizing appeal of glamour while exposing its sleazy underside."--The Standard "Well researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will appeal to anyone interested in popular culture."--Sarah Jenkins,The Guardian "Gundle is brilliant at the old razzle-dazzle."--Veronica Horwell,Saturday Guardian "This book is a thoroughly comprehensive and meticulously researched history of glamour."--Times Literary Supplement "A narrative rich with captivating details and commentary.... Essential for those with a keen interest in the sociology of popular culture and stardom."--Library Journal "A substantial book about an insubstantial, yet somehow fascinating, topic."--The Independent "Well-researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will to anyone interested in popular culture."--Books Quarterly "Glamour: A Historyis on the whole a wonderfully engaging read."--Otago Daily Times "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."--Irish Mail onSunday "[A] pathbreaking study...Gundle has written the first general history of what has become a central drive of our contemporary consumer culture and its expressions in the popular culture that accompanies it." --Journal of Social History, "This book captures the tantalizing appeal of glamour while exposing its sleazy underside."--The Standard "Well researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will appeal to anyone interested in popular culture."--Sarah Jenkins, The Guardian "Gundle is brilliant at the old razzle-dazzle."--Veronica Horwell, Saturday Guardian "This book is a thoroughly comprehensive and meticulously researched history of glamour."--Times Literary Supplement "A narrative rich with captivating details and commentary.... Essential for those with a keen interest in the sociology of popular culture and stardom."--Library Journal "A substantial book about an insubstantial, yet somehow fascinating, topic."--The Independent "Well-researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will to anyone interested in popular culture."--Books Quarterly "Glamour: A History is on the whole a wonderfully engaging read."--Otago Daily Times "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."--Irish Mail on Sunday "[A] pathbreaking study...Gundle has written the first general history of what has become a central drive of our contemporary consumer culture and its expressions in the popular culture that accompanies it." -- Journal of Social History, "Glamour: A History is on the whole a wonderfully engaging read"- V. R. Macbeth, Otago Daily Times, 1/11/2008, "This book captures the tantalizing appeal of glamour while exposing its sleazy underside."--The Standard"Well researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will appeal to anyone interested in popular culture."--Sarah Jenkins, The Guardian"Gundle is brilliant at the old razzle-dazzle."--Veronica Horwell, Saturday Guardian"This book is a thoroughly comprehensive and meticulously researched history of glamour."--Times Literary Supplement"A narrative rich with captivating details and commentary.... Essential for those with a keen interest in the sociology of popular culture and stardom."--Library Journal"A substantial book about an insubstantial, yet somehow fascinating, topic."--The Independent"Well-researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will to anyone interested in popular culture."--Books Quarterly"Glamour: A History is on the whole a wonderfully engaging read."--Otago Daily Times"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."--Irish Mail on Sunday"[A] pathbreaking study...Gundle has written the first general history of what has become a central drive of our contemporary consumer culture and its expressions in the popular culture that accompanies it." -- Journal of Social History, "Well researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will appeal to anyone interested in popular culture."--Sarah Jenkins, The Guardian "A narrative rich with captivating details and commentary.... Essential for those with a keen interest in the sociology of popular culture and stardom."-- Library Journal "A substantial book about an insubstantial, yet somehow fascinating, topic."-- The Independent "Well-researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will to anyone interested in popular culture."-- Books Quarterly " Glamour: A History is on the whole a wonderfully engaging read."-- Otago Daily Times "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."-- Irish Mail on Sunday "This book captures the tantalizing appeal of glamour while exposing its sleazy underside."-- The Standard, "This book captures the tantalizing appeal of glamour while exposing its sleazy underside."--The Standard "Well researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will appeal to anyone interested in popular culture."--Sarah Jenkins, The Guardian "Gundle is brilliant at the old razzle-dazzle."--Veronica Horwell, Saturday Guardian "This book is a thoroughly comprehensive and meticulously researched history of glamour."--Times Literary Supplement "A narrative rich with captivating details and commentary.... Essential for those with a keen interest in the sociology of popular culture and stardom."--Library Journal "A substantial book about an insubstantial, yet somehow fascinating, topic."--The Independent "Well-researched and thoughtfully written, this book manages to be an excellent read and will to anyone interested in popular culture."--Books Quarterly "Glamour: A History is on the whole a wonderfully engaging read."--Otago Daily Times "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."--Irish Mail on Sunday
Dewey Decimal
646.7/2
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Walter Scott and the origins of glamour2. Building the shopping city in London and Paris3. The birth of sex appeal4. Wealth and style in the gilded age5. Café society and the publicity phenomenon6. The Hollywood star system7. The Riviera touch8. Glamour for the masses9. Photography and the public image10. Style, pastiche, and excess11. Harlots and heiressesConclusion
Synopsis
Here is the first ever history of glamour, ranging 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 the glamorous fictional characters of Walter Scott to iconic figures such as Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe to modern idols such as Paris Hilton. The book maps the origins of glamour and investigates the forms that it took in modern times, discussing the role of writers, journalists, artists, photographers, film-makers and fashion designers, occupations like the model and the air stewardess, cities and resorts such as Paris, New York, and Monte Carlo, and products including luxury cars and jets--all of which are bathed in the public mind with the magical aura of glamour. And he shows how glamour feeds on the middle class yearning for a thrilling and colorful life, a yearning reinforced by the cinema and the press, which serve as a stage for acting out scenes of a desirable life., In this first ever history, Stephen Gundle maps the origins of glamour and investigates the forms that it takes in modern times. Gundle entertainingly discusses the role of writers, journalists, artists, photographers, film-makers and fashion designers, occupations like the model, cities such as Paris, New York and Monte Carlo, and products including luxury cars and jets--all of which have been associated in the public mind with the magical aura of glamour. And he shows how glamour feeds on the middle class yearning for a thrilling and colorful life, a yearning reinforced by the cinema and the press, while also creating trends, promoting fashions, and furnishing celebrities., 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., 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 caf 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, andMonte 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.
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HM626
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