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  • Kristina Wilson
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Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body
This chapter is in the book Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body
© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Acknowledgments VII
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1 The Body in Control Modernism and the Pursuit of Better Living 21
  6. Chapter 2 “Modern Design? You Bet!” Ebony, Life, and Modernist Design, 1950–1959 69
  7. Chapter 3 Like a “Girl in a Bikini Suit” and Other Stories Narrating Race and Gender at Herman Miller 117
  8. Chapter 4 “The Quick Appraising Glance” Decorative Accessories and the Staged Self 161
  9. Epilogue The Ubiquity of Mid-Century Modernism 214
  10. Notes 220
  11. Bibliography 238
  12. Index 245
  13. Photo Credits 254
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213491-008

Chapters in this book

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