Overview

Aside from the occasional nod to epaulets or use of camouflage, war and fashion seem to be strange partners. This book includes a series of commentaries on the impact of military dress in the airline industry, in illustrated wartime comics, and even considers today's muscled soldier's body as a new type of uniform.

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Author:   Denise N Rall
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781841507514

ISBN 10:   1841507512
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   15 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction  Contextualizing fashion and war within popular culture – Jennifer Craik Overview – Denise N. Rall Section I: The military in popular culture  Chapter 1: Representation of female wartime bravery in Australia’s Wanda the War Girl and Jane at War from the UK – Jane Chapman Chapter 2: Fashionable fascism: Cinematic images of the Nazi before and after 9/11 – Kylee M. Hartman-Warren Chapter 3: Branding the muscled male body as military costume – Heather Smith and Richard Gehrmann Section II: Fashion and the military Chapter 4: In the service of clothes: Elsa Schiaparelli and the war experience – Annita Boyd Chapter 5: The discipline of appearance: Military style and Australian flight hostess uniforms 1930–1964 – Prudence Black Chapter 6: Models, medals, and the use of military emblems in fashion – Amanda Laugesen Section III: Framing youth fashion, textile artworks and postcolonial costume in the context of conflict Chapter 7: Battle dressed – clothing the criminal, or the horror of the ‘hoodie’ in Britain – Joanne Turney Chapter 8: Dutch wax and display: London and the art of Yinka Shonibare – Davinia Gregory Chapter 9: Costume and conquest: Introducing a proximity framework for post-war impacts on textile and fashion – Denise N. Rall Afterword: The military in contemporary fashion – Denise N. Rall

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Denise N. Rall is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University in Australia.

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