Author:
Luther Hillman, Betty.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Descriptionxxiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction: The significance of style in American culture and politics -- "You can't tell the girls from the boys" : changing styles among American youths, 1964-1968 -- "What to wear to the revolution" : self-presentation politics in social movement activism -- "No woman can be free ... until she loses her femininity" : the politics of self-presentation in feminist activism -- "Wearing a dress is a revolutionary act" : political drag and self-preservation in the gay liberation movement -- "Everyone should be accustomed to seeing long hair on men by now" : style and popular culture in the late 1960s and 1970s -- "Ours should not be an effort to achieve a unisex society" : legal regulations of personal presentation in the workplace -- Epilogue: The politics of style in retrospect.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
