Aestheticizing mobilities : art deco and the fashioning of interwar public cultures

Art Deco, as a mode of design, was a response to the conditions of post-World War I modernity, including the advent of “mass” culture, a desire for a return to order, and an intense interest in mobility—physical/geographical, conceptual, temporal, and social. This thesis argues that mobility lies a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Windover, Michael Joseph
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13709