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74 reviews for:
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Joshua Zeitz
3.83 AVERAGE
74 reviews for:
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Joshua Zeitz
3.83 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
WHAT A GOOD BOOK. I'm not much of a history gal, but after reading this, I'm even more fascinated with the way the '20s transformed culture and basically laid out a number of the standards we hold in modern society. My only comment is that I would have liked to learn more about the stories/perspectives of people from other races, but I'm glad Zeitz didn't neglect mentioning how incredibly problematic the racial issues of the '20s were.
informative
medium-paced
This was actually a fascinating and easy read. It’s been on my shelves forever and I wish I’d gotten to it sooner. The premise is just a biography of some famous people in the 1920s but really it delves into so much more than that. They were the loose backbone for a longer discussion on feminism, racism, and the changing of the American landscape. I found myself comparing it heavily to a lot of the shit going on now. It felt a bit too praising of Chanel but did mention her Nazi stuff later which is better.
Zeitz gives a perfect taste of a fascinating and fabulous era. I thought it was segmented well and he covers a lot of ground without ever losing this reader. A fast read, I found it very engaging. Such an interesting time in history - and so much of what was going on then relates to where we are now. Enjoy
A fun, breezy read, with chapters highlighting F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, Coco Chanel, Clara Bow, and Louise Brooks.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
enjoyable and thorough look into the twenties; especially liked the fitzgeralds framing device
A very pleasurable history read. Accessible, interesting, and engaging. An absolute page-turner.
I learned a lot about how ideals and attitudes changed around the time of the flapper. I never realized there were so many risque things going on at that time.
A nice social history of the 1920s, and a good complement to Last Call (about Prohibition) and The Worst Hard Time (about the Dust Bowl).
