Flappers
Six Women of a Dangerous Generation
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014, [2013], ©2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: xiii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, and Tallulah Bankhead.
Contents:
List of illustrations -- Author's note and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Diana -- Nancy -- Tamara -- Tallulah -- Zelda -- Josephine -- Diana -- Tallulah -- Nancy -- Zelda -- Tamara -- Josephine -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects:
Cooper, Diana, 1892-1986.
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965.
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.
Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948.
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
Lempicka, Tamara de, 1898-1980.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Cooper, Diana, 1892-1986.
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965.
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.
Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948.
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
Lempicka, Tamara de, 1898-1980.
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
Artists -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Sex customs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0374156085
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-469) and index.