Overview

Fashion on Television provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. The book brings together theoretical approaches to the symbolic force of television and fashion-forward programming on a global scale. Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how TV has made style icons out of leading actresses and fashion-conscious consumers out of audiences. Using a varied methodology, including textual and contextual analysis, this study explores the cultural uses of onscreen fashion at the level of industry, text and intertext. Fashion on Television is essential reading for those seeking to understand the cultural function of costume in a television context. Written accessibly with a multi-disciplinary approach, it will appeal to students and scholars from film and media, fashion and cultural studies, to sociology and women’s studies.

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Author:   Helen Warner
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780857854407

ISBN 10:   0857854402
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   10 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Pamela Church Gibson, Reader in Historical and Cultural Studies, London College of Fashion 1 Introduction: Approaching Fashion, Identity and Celebrity Culture PART I: Production Cultures and Industry Explanations of Contemporary Fashion Television 2 The Place of Fashion Television in Cinema History: Industrial Discourse and Cultural Legitimacy 3 Costume Design, Practices and Production Cultures PART II: Textual Approaches to Fashion, Costume and Narrative 4 Fashion, Costume and Narrative Tropes in TV Drama 5 Teen Fashion: Youth and Identity in Popular Teen Dramas 6 Fashioning the Past: Gender, Nostalgia and Excess in 'Quality' Period Drama PART III: Conceptualising Fashion and Celebrity Culture 7 Fashioning Celebrity: Class, Tastemaking and Cultural Intermediaries 8 Consuming Masculinity: Gender, Fashion and TV Celebrity 9 Locating the Real: America Ferrera, Fashion, Ethnicity and Authenticity 10 Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index

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This book provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how TV has made style icons out of leading actresses and fashion-conscious consumers out of audiences. Costume Society of America

This book provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how TV has made style icons out of leading actresses and fashion-conscious consumers out of audiences. * Costume Society of America *

Author Information

Helen Warner is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at University of East Anglia, UK.

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