ISBN:
9780857854445
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (188 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cool Shades : The History and Meaning of Sunglasses
DDC:
391.4/4
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cool Shades. provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now. Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the p
Description / Table of Contents:
FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of captions; Acknowledgments; Quote; 1 Introduction-why write a book about sunglasses?; 2 Modernity-an onslaught on the eyes; 3 Seeing the blur-perception, cool, and mechanized speed (1910-present); 4 Seeing the cyborg-eye-shading, cool, and the hi-tech body (1910-present); 5 Seeing in the light-"sun"glasses, modern glamor, cool, and celebrity (1920s-present); 6 Seeing in the dark-sunglasses and "outsider" cool (1940s-present); 7 Heading for the shade-the spread of outsider cool (1950s-present)
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Seeing in the "eclipse"-sunglasses, cool and the absence of meaning (late 1950s-present)9 Sunglasses and cool-conclusions; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
