The Modern Girl: Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s

by Jane Nicholas

With her short skirt, bobbed hair, and penchant for smoking, drinking, dancing, and jazz, the "Modern Girl" was a fixture of 1920s Canadian consumer culture. She appeared in art, film, fashion, and advertising, as well as on the streets of towns from coast to coast. In The Modern Girl, Jane Nicholas argues that this feminine image was central to the creation of what it meant to be modern and female in Canada.

Using a wide range of visual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442626046
• ISBN13: 9781442626041
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"