Glamour : a history /
Stephen Gundle.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xii, 472 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.