How Long to Read The Mechanical Smile

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mechanical Smile?

It takes the average reader to read The Mechanical Smile by Caroline Evans

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the Atlantic: models tangoed, slithered, swaggered, and undulated before customers in couture houses and department stores. The Mechanical Smile traces the history of the earliest fashion shows in France and the United States from their origins in the 1880s to 1929, situating them in the context of modernism and the rationalization of the body. Fashion shows came into being concurrently with film, and this book explores the connections between fashion and early cinema, which arguably functioned as what Walter Benjamin called "new velocities"--forces that altered the rhythms of modern life. Using significant new archival evidence, The Mechanical Smile shows how so-called "mannequin parades" employed the visual language of modernism to translate business and management methods into visual seduction. Caroline Evans, a leading fashion historian, argues for an expanded definition of modernism as both gestural and performative, drawing on literary and performance theory rather than relying on art and design history. The fashion show, Evans posits, is a singular nodal point where the disparate histories of commerce, modernism, gender, and the body converge.

How long is The Mechanical Smile?

The Mechanical Smile by Caroline Evans is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mechanical Smile Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read The Mechanical Smile aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mechanical Smile?

The Mechanical Smile is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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