Fashion In Focus
Concepts, Practices and Politics
1st Edition
Published on 19. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-415-44794-2 (ISBN)
Description
The study of fashion has exploded in recent decades, yet what this all means or quite where it might take us is not clear. This new book helps to bring fashion into focus, with a comprehensive guide to the key theories, perspectives and developments in the field.
Tim Edwards includes coverage of all the major theories of fashion, including recent scholarship, alongside subcultural analysis and an in-depth look at production. Individual topics include:
men's fashion, masculinity and the suit
women's fashion and the role of sexuality
children, the body and fashion
the role of celebrity and designer label culture
globalisation and the production of fashion.
Fashion in Focus is the ideal companion for students in the arts and social sciences, especially those studying issues such as fashion, gender, sexuality and consumer culture.
Tim Edwards includes coverage of all the major theories of fashion, including recent scholarship, alongside subcultural analysis and an in-depth look at production. Individual topics include:
men's fashion, masculinity and the suit
women's fashion and the role of sexuality
children, the body and fashion
the role of celebrity and designer label culture
globalisation and the production of fashion.
Fashion in Focus is the ideal companion for students in the arts and social sciences, especially those studying issues such as fashion, gender, sexuality and consumer culture.
Reviews / Votes
"This book will form a most valuable addition to the existing literature & will be very, very useful for those of us who teach Cultural Studies to large numbers of fashion students. Tim Edwards has the rare ability to render complex ideas accessible, and he writes beautifully [...] his books are a pleasure to read." - Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion"The book provides a useful and concise summary of the main sociological traditions of fashion studies...it addresses and advances some hitherto neglected areas of fashion studies, including the nature and role of masculinity in fashion and non-marxist approaches to production and consumption." - Malcolm Barnard, Loughborough University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
6 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
6 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-44794-2 (9780415447942)
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Person
Tim Edwards is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He has published and researched widely in the areas of masculinities, sexuality, fashion and consumer culture. He is the author of Cultures of Masculinity (2006).
Content
1. Fashion Foundations 2. The Classical Tradition - Early Perspectives on Fashion 3. The Clothes Maketh The Man - Masculinity, The Suit and Men's Fashion 4. The Woman Question: Fashion, Feminism and Fetishism 5. Who Are You Kidding? Children, Fashion and Consumption 6. Express Yourself - The Politics of Dressing Up 7. From Rags to Riches - Fashion Production 8. Desiring Subjects - The Designer Label and the Cult of Celebrity. Conclusion: The Fashion Invasion