Zoot Suit by Kathy Peiss

University of Pennsylvania Press
Zoot Suit by Kathy Peiss
Product Specifications
  • Title: Zoot Suit by Kathy Peiss
  • Author: Kathy Peiss
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Design Industrial and commercial arts illustration
  • No. of pages: 248
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 152 x 230 x 17

Product Description

Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style.