72264695X     

9722646958                        

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Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2004

Online-Ressource (175 p.)

Englisch

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; Dress Language and Communication; Dress and Social Identity; Grotesque; Meaning; Everyday Models; The Face and the Gaze; Model the Nude and the Doll; Mythology; Fashion and Cinema; Wearing Black; Mass Fashion The Role of Fashion in Music; Time; Fashion Intertexts; Objects; Bibliography; Index;

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: The Clothed Body

978-1-85973-800-9

978-1-85973-800-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1183447690     

Online-Ausg.

2011

978-1-84520-575-1 ( : 109.95 (NL))

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.2752/9780857854049

GT525 .C3613 2004eb ; GT525

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LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Fashion -- Social aspects ; Clothing and dress -- Social aspects ; Human body -- Social aspects

Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosop hies. From tattoos and mini-skirts, to skin decoration, makeup and hair, Calefato unpicks the multiple functions of modern dress. Exploring intriguing commonalities - for example, between tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC and modern subcultural st yles - Calefato considers the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at pla