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OverviewClothes take the ordinary human body and fashion it into something remarkable. Born to the same anatomical legacy, each generation has used garments to shape itself in the image of its own particular desires. Taking different body parts in turn, The Anatomy of Fashion invites us to view ourselves as we have been in the past. Arguing that analysis needs to aspire to the proliferation and playfulness of fashion itself, the chapters both explore a different aesthetic and examine its wider, and often surprising, implications. In countless different ways, fashion is caught up in the larger picture of its chronological moment. Whether in the mechanisms of production, the politics of consumption, the construction of sexuality or gender, or the formation and reformation of manners and morals, fashion is there. In its provocative conclusion The Anatomy of Fashion turns its attention to dress practices today. Reassembling the anatomical parts, the text places the contemporary body in the historical view and reveals the strangeness that lies at the heart of our own normality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan J. Vincent (Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781845207649ISBN 10: 1845207645 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is always a delight to discover a non-fiction writer who can write about history with both intelligence and levity. Although this book is well suited as a textbook, it is an engaging and thoughtful read for even seasoned fashion veterans. Ingrid Mida, Fashion is my Muse It is always a delight to discover a non-fiction writer who can write about history with both intelligence and levity. Although this book is well suited as a textbook, it is an engaging and thoughtful read for even seasoned fashion veterans. * Ingrid Mida, Fashion is my Muse * The Anatomy of Fashion is a glorious, resounding, and opulent yes to the untapped energy of seeing fashion as a cultural artifact of the utmost intimacy. -- Bob Duggan * bigthink.com * Author InformationSusan J.Vincent is an honorary visiting fellow at the University of York. Her research interests to date have centred about the cultural history of dress in the early modern period. She is the author of Dressing the Elite: Clothes in Early Modern England (Berg, 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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