 | Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style Subjects: Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- United States; Fashion -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Minority youth -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Kathy Peiss is Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York. |
