Fashion Theory: Volume 9, Issue 4: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Author: Steele, Valerie

Brand: Continuum

Edition: First Edition

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Number Of Pages: 120

EAN: 9781859738412

Release Date: 22-12-2005

Package Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Details: The importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses is well-established. By contrast, the study of dress has traditionally suffered from a lack of critical analysis. 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. It is multi-disciplinary, features international coverage and is heavily illustrated.