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"Special Issue: Femme FataleThis special issue facilitates an exploration of the connections between fashion and the image of the modern woman, and looks at the significance of eroticism in women's fashion. 'Femme Fatale' includes several papers from symposiums held by the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, 'Femme Fatale: Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-siecle Paris', and 'Fashioning the Modern Woman: The Art of the Couturiere, 1910-1939'. ContentsEmily Apter: 'Weaponizing the 'Femme Fatale': Rachilde's Lethal Amazon, 'La Marquise de Sade""Rae Beth Gordon: 'Fashion and the White Savage in the Parisian Music Hall'Lourdes Font: 'L'Allure de Chanel: The Couturiere as Literary Character'Valerie Steele: ""Femme Fatale': Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-siecle Paris'"

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Author:   Valerie Steele
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 8
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.267kg
ISBN:  

9781859738160

ISBN 10:   1859738168
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   01 August 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Weaponizing the Femme Fatale: Rachilde's Lethal Amazon, La Marquise de Sade Emily Apter Fashion and the White Savage in the Parisian Music Hall Rae Beth Gordon L'Allure de Chanel: The Couturiere as Literary Character Lourdes Font Femme Fatale: Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-siecle Paris Valerie Steele Exhibition Review Manolo Blahnik - A Retrospective Janice West Fashion Textile Museum, London Amy de la Haye 'What Happened to all those Lovely Costumes?' Amy de la Haye and Rebecca Quinton Book Review Through the Wardrobe Valerie Wilson Trower Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes Julia Pine Couture and Commerce Nicola White Dangerous Designs Emma Tarlo Yeholee: Work Nicolas Cambridge

Reviews

'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian 'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal 'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out

'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out

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Valerie Steele, Director, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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