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Wilson, Kristina. "Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller". Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, pp. 117-160. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-005

Wilson, K. (2021). Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller. In Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design (pp. 117-160). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-005

Wilson, K. 2021. Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller. Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 117-160. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-005

Wilson, Kristina. "Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller" In Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design, 117-160. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-005

Wilson K. Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller. In: Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2021. p.117-160. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-005

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Frontmatter I
Contents V
Acknowledgments VII
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Body in Control Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living 21
Chapter 2 “Modern Design? You Bet!” Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950–1959 69
Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller 117
Chapter 4 “The Quick Appraising Glance” Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self 161
Epilogue The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism 214
Notes 220
Bibliography 238
Index 245
Photo Credits 254

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Frontmatter I
Contents V
Acknowledgments VII
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Body in Control Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living 21
Chapter 2 “Modern Design? You Bet!” Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950–1959 69
Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller 117
Chapter 4 “The Quick Appraising Glance” Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self 161
Epilogue The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism 214
Notes 220
Bibliography 238
Index 245
Photo Credits 254

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