{"product_id":"fear-and-clothing-9781350240315","title":"Fear and Clothing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough analyzing dress in detective fiction, \u003ci\u003eFear and Clothing\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of  interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about  class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the literature demonstrates an admiration and acceptance of the woman's identity, performed during the Great War and continuing throughout the interwar period, as girl pal and female gentleman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In chapters that explore age, character, class, masculinity, performative womanhood and race, Jane Custance Baker exposes how dress was a status marker to both male and female readers, made anxious by social change brought about by war.   Dress in detective fiction reveals a set of signs to be read, dige\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49998271021399,"sku":"9781350240315","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350240315.jpg?v=1739725320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fear-and-clothing-9781350240315","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}