{"title":"Jane Custance Baker","description":"\u003cp\u003eJane Custance Baker explores the intricate intersections of self-expression and society through her evocative writings on fashion, identity, and culture. Her work delves into how clothing functions not just as attire but as a powerful medium of fear, desire, and social signalling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful reflections that challenge conventional views on arts and culture, inviting a deeper appreciation of the personal and political dimensions woven into everyday dress. Her prose combines critical insight with vivid narrative to illuminate the stories behind what we wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fear-and-clothing-by-jane-custance-baker-9781350240315","title":"Fear and Clothing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough analysing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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, digested, and possibly employed to model the individual reader's personal dress choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear and Clothing\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on dress of the period, the social and cultural environment as depicted in the popular fiction genre in the early 20th century. It is of interest to researchers and scholars within dress history, literary, and historical studies, as well as anyone who enjoys the history of detective fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470600126700,"sku":"9781350240315","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350240315-fear-and-clothing.jpg?v=1775222454"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jane-custance-baker.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}