The flappers: fashion and fantasies of the Roaring Twenties (french)

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A leading figure of the Roaring Twenties, the flapper left her mark on the collective imagination with her androgynous silhouette and short hair. A symbol of controversial emancipation, she crystallised the tensions of a society shaken by war, torn between a fever for freedom and a return to moral order. Propelling us into the heart of a fantasised decade, Christine Bard analyses a revolution in representations. She captures its variations, from the world of fashion to the lesbian scene, via literature and Victor Margueritte's famous novel. The garçonne powerfully embodies the ambivalence of a world in turmoil. The essay brings together the culture of appearances, political history and social history to better understand the power of this figure between subversion and modernity.