Fashion as Communication

Author: Barnard, Malcolm

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 2

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 224

EAN: 9780415260183

Release Date: 30-10-2002

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Details: What kinds of things do fashion and clothing say about us? What does it mean to wear Gap or Gaultier, Milletts or Moschino? Are there any real differences between Hip-Hop style and Punk anti-styles? In this fully revised and updated edition, Malcolm Barnard introduces fashion and clothing as ways of communicating and challenging class, gender, sexual and social identities. Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches from Barthes and Baudrillard to Marxist, psychoanalytic and feminist theory, Barnard addresses the ambivalent status of fashion in contemporary culture.