Only a groomed woman deserves her name: Fashion, emancipation, and stardom in the Czechoslovak film musical THE LADY OF THE LINES

Socialist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s witnessed substantial changes in terms of lifestyle. The film musical DÁMA NA KOLEJÍCH (THE LADY OF THE LINES, 1966) addresses these shifts through female emancipation and fashion. Therefore the film articulates a utopian space of couture fashion as a vehicle fo...

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Main Authors: Šárka Gmiterková, Miroslava Papežová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NECS 2017-01-01
Series:NECSUS
Online Access:https://necsus-ejms.org/only-a-groomed-woman-deserves-her-name-fashion-emancipation-and-stardom-in-the-czechoslovak-film-musical-the-lady-of-the-lines/