Acts of Undressing: Politics, Eroticism, and Discarded Clothing
Author:   Barbara Brownie (Royal College of Art, London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472596192


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Barbara Brownie (Royal College of Art, London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9781472596192


ISBN 10:   1472596196
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Private Acts, Public Display Chapter 2: Narrative Tease: Neo-burlesque and Storytelling through Striptease Chapter 3: 'Where the Garment Gapes': The Eroticism of Intermittence Chapter 4: Deviance and Disruption: Streaking, Mooning and Flashing Chapter 5: Make Love, Not War: Conflict, Resistance and the Revolutionary Body Chapter 6: Abandoned Clothes: Separating Dress from Body Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Stripping off: there's more to it than you think. [Brownie] muses on a private gesture done in public, via thoughtful commentary on the relevant literature. ... Revealing. Times Higher Education


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Barbara Brownie is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She is the author of Transforming Type (Bloomsbury, 2014), co-author of The Superhero Costume (Bloomsbury, 2015), and has contributed to edited collections including Writing Design (Berg, 2011).

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