Make it Work

<p>Imagine a new critical theory that bases its literary value on fashion. In this theory exists a community that explores and interrogates conventionality and in American literature of the 20th century it includes fashion and home decoration two paths to achieving white femininity a prized component of many novels written by and for women. Drawing on cultural materialism and its connection to the cultural forms of objects including apparel <i>Making it Work: 20th Century American Fiction and Fashion</i> provides readers a new understanding of the aims of American writers and the desires of their readers.</p>