ISBN:
9780415496209
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (244 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Fashion Theory : An Introduction
DDC:
391
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Fashion is both big business and big news. From models' eating disorders and sweated labour to the glamour of a new season's trends, statements and arguments about fashion and the fashion industry can be found in every newspaper, consumer website and fashion blog. Books which define, analyse and explain the nature, production and consumption of fashion in terms of one theory or another abound. But what are the theories that run through all of these analyses, and how can they help us to understand fashion and clothing? Fashion Theory: an introduction explains some of the most influential and im
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Fashion and fashion theories; 3 What fashion is and is not; 4 What fashion and clothing do; 5 Fashion and/in history; 6 Fashion as communication; 7 Fashion, identity and difference; 8 Fashion, clothes and the body; 9 Fashion production and consumption; 10 Modern and postmodern fashion; 11 Globalization and colonialism; 12 Fashion and (the) image; 13 Fashion, fetish and the erotic; 14 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
