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Author:   Cristina Giorcelli ,  Paula Rabinowitz ,  Laura Montani ,  Mariuccia Mandelli
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
ISBN:  

9780816678068

ISBN 10:   0816678065
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 August 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Clothing, Dress, Fashion: An Arcade Introduction. Walking the Walk: Circulation and Exchange Paula Rabinowitz 1. Accessory Questions Laura Montani 2. Krizia and Accessories Mariuccia Mandelli 3. The Dress of Thought: Clothing and Nudity in Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Ariosto Anne Hollander 4. Orbits of Power: Rings in James Merrill’s Poetry Andrea Mariani 5. Sheer Luxury: Kate Chopin’s “A Pair of Silk Stockings” Cristina Giorcelli 6. Traveling Light: Nellie Bly’s All-Inclusive Bag Cristina Scatamacchia 7. Like Their First Pair of High Heel Shoes: Continental Accessories and Audrey Hepburn’s Cinematic Coming of Age Alisia Grace Chase 8. Word-Processed for You by a Professional Seamstress Karen Reimer 9. Slips of the Tongue: Lesbian Pulp Fiction as How-to-Dress Manuals Paula Rabinowitz 10. A Safety Pin for Elizabeth: Hard-Edge Accessorizing from Punk Subculture to High Fashion Vittoria C. Caratozzolo 11. A Knot to Untie: Social Power, Fetishism, and Communication in the Social History of the Tie Nello Barile 12. Ornaments and Feminine Clothing Tradition in Algeria; or the Identity Quest Chafika Dib-Marouf 13. It Is a Garage Sale at Savers Every Day: An Ethnography of the Savers Thrift Department Store in Minneapolis Katalin Medvedev Coda: Speaking Out and Speaking Up: The Circulating Power of Fashion Cristina Giorcelli Contributors

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Cristina Giorcelli is professor of American literature at the University of Rome Three. Paula Rabinowitz is professor of English at the University of Minnesota.

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