Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender and the Politics of Power in Design

摘要

The cover of Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design elegantly encapsulates the themes of the book. The image, taken from a 1953 fashion spread in Ebony magazine, shows a young Black model in a fringed dress and silver shoes within the frame of a Butterfly chair, a recognizable mid-century design by Jorge Ferrari Hardoy that was featured in the Museum of Modern Art, New York 'Good Design' exhibitions. The abstract metal form of the chair, pictured without the leather sling seat, provides an abstract frame for the model as she holds a delicate mobile sculpture to dangle above her arm.