Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture
Author:   Valerie Steele
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   v. 9
ISBN:  

9781859738313


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   01 June 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Special Issue: Dress and Gender This special issue is built around the popular subject of dress and gender. Sophie White has put a wide range of articles together - from fashion discourses in Renaissance Florence, to men and suits in the 18th century and changing costume in superhero genre.

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Author:   Valerie Steele
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 9
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9781859738313


ISBN 10:   1859738311
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   01 June 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Gendered Space in Renaissance Florence: Theorizing Public and Private in the Rag Trade Carole Collier Frick Historicizing Masculine Appearance: John Chute and the Suits at The Vyne, 1740-76 Daniel Claro The Art and Science of Walking: Gender, Space and the Fashionable Body in the Long Eighteenth Century Peter McNeil and Giorgio Riello Fashion Discourses in Fashion Magazines and Madame de Girardin's Lettres parisiennes in July-Monarchy France (1830-48) Hazel Hahn Masque-ulinities: Changing Dress as a Display of Masculinity in the Superhero Genre Friedrich Weltzien

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'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out


'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian 'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal 'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out


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Sophie White, Gender Studies Program, University of Notre Dame.

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