Make it Work
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Authors: Jan Ellyn Goggans
- Language: English
- Book Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Drawing on cultural materialism and its connection to the cultural forms of objects, including apparel, this book provides readers a new understanding of the aims of American writers, and the desires of their readers.
Imagine a new critical theory that bases its literary value on fashion. In this theory exists a community that explores and interrogates conventionality, and in American literature of the 20th century, it includes fashion and home decoration, two paths to achieving white femininity, a prized component of many novels written by and for women. Drawing on cultural materialism and its connection to the cultural forms of objects, including apparel, Making it Work: 20th Century American Fiction and Fashion provides readers a new understanding of the aims of American writers, and the desires of their readers.
