Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern /
Zeitz, Joshua
Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern / Joshua Zeitz. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, 2006. - x, 338 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-320) and index.
Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl -- Straighten out people -- New York sophistication -- Miss jazz age -- Girlish delight in barrooms -- These modern women -- The lingerie shortage in this country -- A mind full of fabulations -- An athletic kind of girl -- Let go of the waistline -- Into the streets -- Without imagination, no wants -- 10,000,000 femmes fatales -- Appearances count -- Papa, what is beer? -- Oh, little girl, never grow up -- The kind of girl the fellows want -- Another petulant way to pass the time -- The dreamer's dream come true -- Suicide on the installment plan -- Unaffordable excess.
9781400080540
Flappers.
Women--United States--Biography.
Celebrities--United States--Biography.
Artists--United States--Biography.
Women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.
Sex customs--History--United States--20th century.
Sex role--History--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
United States--History--1919-1933--Biography.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
973.91
Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern / Joshua Zeitz. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, 2006. - x, 338 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-320) and index.
Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl -- Straighten out people -- New York sophistication -- Miss jazz age -- Girlish delight in barrooms -- These modern women -- The lingerie shortage in this country -- A mind full of fabulations -- An athletic kind of girl -- Let go of the waistline -- Into the streets -- Without imagination, no wants -- 10,000,000 femmes fatales -- Appearances count -- Papa, what is beer? -- Oh, little girl, never grow up -- The kind of girl the fellows want -- Another petulant way to pass the time -- The dreamer's dream come true -- Suicide on the installment plan -- Unaffordable excess.
9781400080540
Flappers.
Women--United States--Biography.
Celebrities--United States--Biography.
Artists--United States--Biography.
Women--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.
Sex customs--History--United States--20th century.
Sex role--History--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
United States--History--1919-1933--Biography.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
973.91