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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033103ISBN-10:147803310XUPC:9781478033103Book Category:Social Science, Design, ScienceBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Fashion & Accessories, HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.522Product ID:SCFZE3Z522
Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies
Bullet bras, bazookas, bombshells, bikinis. In Atomic Bombshells, Isabelle Held challenges the usual narratives of how war technologies enter domestic use by following plastics on their journey into women's bodies. Held explores the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of nylon, silicone, and plastic foams on embodied and expressive configurations of gender, sexuality, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033103ISBN-10:147803310XUPC:9781478033103Book Category:Social Science, Design, ScienceBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Fashion & Accessories, HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.522Product ID:SCFZE3Z522
Isabelle Held is the Mellon Foundation Gender and LGBTQ+ History Postdoctoral Fellow at The Center for Women's History at the New York Historical.
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