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OverviewThe importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses is well-established in a number of disciplines. By contrast, the study of dress has, until recently, suffered from a lack of critical analysis. Increasingly, however, scholars have recognized the cultural significance of self-fashioning, including not only clothing but also such body alterations as tattooing and piercing. Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. It provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising. Fashion Theory provides a vital contribution to cultural studies, art history, literary criticism, anthropology, fashion history, media studies, gender studies, folklore studies and sociology. Dorothy Ko: 'Bondage in Time: Footbinding and Fashion Theory' Irene V. Guenther: 'Nazi 'Chic'?: German Politics and Women's Fashions, 1915-1945' Barbara Vinken: 'Eternity: A Frill on the Dress' Patrizia Calefato: 'Fashion and Worldliness: Language and Imagery of the Clothed Body' Richard Martin: 'A Charismatic Art: The Balance of Ingratiation and Outrage in Contemporary Fashion' Valerie Steele: Exhibition Review: 'Two by Two', The Metropolitan Museum of Art Full Product DetailsAuthor: Valerie SteelePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Volume: v. 1 Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781859739662ISBN 10: 1859739660 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 01 February 1997 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 ContentsLetter from the Editor Valerie Steele Bondage in Time: Footbinding and Fashion Theory Dorothy Ko Nazi 'Chic'?: German Politics and Women's Fashions, 1915-1945 Irene V. Guenther Eternity: A Frill on the Dress Barbara Vinken Fashion and Worldliness: Language and Imagery of the Clothed Body Patrizia Calefato A Note A Charismatic Art: The Balance of Ingratiation and Outrage in Contemporary Fashion Richard Martin Exhibition Review 'Two by Two', The Metropolitan Museum of Art Valerie Steele Book Review 'After a Fashion' Joanne Finkelstein Alexandra PakmerReviewsAuthor InformationValerie Steele Director,The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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