{"product_id":"midcentury-modernism-and-the-american-body-race-gender-and-the-politics-of-power-in-design-9780691208190","title":"MidCentury Modernism and the American Body  Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] insightful new book . . . [\u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the America Body\u003c\/i\u003e] points out how many midcentury furnishings and magazine advertisements used demeaning images of women and people of color. The book highlights undeservedly obscure Black designers as well.\"\u003cb\u003e---Eve M. Kahn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Midcentury modernism isn’t merely a style characterized by clean lines, open floor plans, graphic use of color, and overt minimalism. Overtones of the movement are both radical and racial, argues author Kristina Wilson, making heretofore largely unexplored connections between race, gender, and modernist decor. Wilson [is] uniquely qualified to chart the journey.\"\u003cb\u003e---Katherine Burns Olson, \u003ci\u003eArchitecturalDigest.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the American Body\u003c\/i\u003e gives the ubiquitous decorating style the historical context it deserves.\"\u003cb\u003e---Rebecca Onion, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eWilson’s deep knowledge of and scholarship in modern design are evident in this book’s precisely articulated argument. . . . Wilson’s archival research and careful interrogation of relevant texts and images compels readers to see the powerful messages embedded in marketing materials in a fresh way. . . . Essential reading for students of sociology as well as design.\u003c\/p\u003e\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative analysis of race and gender during the Modernist movement in postwar America. Written in accessible language, yet supported by notable scholarly sources, \u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the American Body\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling read for the design student, mid-century enthusiast, and those interested in historical revisionism…A fascinating and important read for a popular audience.\"\u003cb\u003e---Erika Balcombe, \u003ci\u003eSpacing Vancouver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tantalizingly illustrated with over 150 images taken from diverse design sources, Wilson’s book offers a beautiful and destabilizing “counter-history” of modernism that forces us to reconsider the sources and motivations behind the decorative revivalisms we hold dear.\"\u003cb\u003e---Kate Burnett Budzyn, \u003ci\u003eDecorative Arts Trust Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the American Body\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a timely corrective. . . . [The book] emphatically succeeds in the difficult task of unearthing hitherto concealed biases that undergirded the design of the period. . . . [It] can serve as a fruitful model for much of the urgent work that remains to be carried out in the field of design history.\"\u003cb\u003e---Shane Morrissy, \u003ci\u003ecaa.reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] timely and meticulously researched foray into the politics of postwar modernist design. . . . Wilson’s provocative study makes resolutely evident the invaluable insights that the objects, processes, and social relations of design offer critical historians of even the most recent past.\"\u003cb\u003e---Alison J. Clarke, \u003ci\u003eWinterthur Portfolio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the American Body\u003c\/i\u003e] stands apart from many recent books and exhibitions. . . . The book presents readers who are likely familiar with the basics of ‘mid-century Modern’ with new points of analysis. Wilson shows how much design historians have missed in focusing primarily, if not exclusively, on white designers and white consumers in histories of Modernism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Bess Williamson, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Design History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMid-Century Modernism and the American Body\u003c\/i\u003e by Kristina Wilson critiques the Fifties through: books\/magazines, home\/furniture designs, manufactured Kitsch, which consumers purchased or at least lusted after…[The book] is a worthwhile read\"\u003cb\u003e---Jean Bundy, \u003ci\u003eAnchorage Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] nuanced and exciting book. . . . Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body contributes a vital counternarrative to the canon and should be essential reading for historians, educators, designers, and students of design. . . . [I]t will encourage readers to look more closely within and around the frames to see where race, gender, and power inform design, both in history and in our contemporary world.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jennifer Rittner, \u003ci\u003ePanorama: Journal of the Association of the Historians of American Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403898298711,"sku":"9780691208190","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/midcentury-modernism-and-the-american-body-race-gender-and-the-politics-of-power-in-design-9780691208190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}