Trench Coat, Paperback by Tynan, Jane; Schaberg, Christopher (EDT); Bogost, I...-image

Trench Coat, Paperback by Tynan, Jane; Schaberg, Christopher (EDT); Bogost, I...

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Item Width: 4.7 in width: 4.7 in Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781501375163 Book Title: Trench Coat Language: English Item Height: 0.6 in Topic: Fashion & Accessories, Military / World War I, Semiotics & Theory, Customs & Traditions Item Weight: 5.9 Oz Author: Jane Tynan Number of Pages: 180 Pages Book Series: Object Lessons Ser. height: 0.6 in Genre: Literary Criticism, Design, Social Science, History Illustrator: Yes Item Length: 6.5 in Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Year: 2022

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Trench Coat, Paperback by Tynan, Jane; Schaberg, Christopher (EDT); Bogost, I.... Trench Coat, Paperback by Tynan, Jane; Schaberg, Christopher (EDT); Bogost, Ian (EDT), ISBN 1501375164, ISBN-13 9781501375163, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "We all know what a trench coat is but where does it comes from? What began as a sports coat was later adapted for officers fighting in the trenches of the First World War, hence the name. Since then trench coats have adorned soldiers, police detectives,Nazis, Hollywood stars, Mafiosi, spies and 'flashers.' Ernest Hemingway wore one to draw attention to his military service, but the trench coat also turns up in the work of James Joyce, Nancy Mitford, Graham Greene and Virginia Woolf. Trench Coat explores its role in the modern imagination: a product of science and technology, the trench coat quickly took on a tough and seductive image blending easily into literature, music, film and fashion to become the uniform of some of the most attractive and enigmatic characters of the modern world"--

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