Glamour : a history /
Stephen Gundle.
- xii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-455) and index.
Glamour and modernity -- Urban enchantments -- The birth of sex appeal -- Wealth, style, and spectacle -- Cafe society and publicity -- The Hollywood star system -- Paris, Rome, and the Riviera -- Glamour and mass consumption -- Photography and the female image -- Style, pastiche, and excess -- Contemporary glamour.