Garb
A Fashion and Culture Reader
Published on 18. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-13-111910-9 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Cultural Studies, Fashion Electives, Visual Culture, Fine Arts.
Garb: A Reader on Fashion and Culture investigates the complexity of postmodern attitudes toward dress, fashion, identity and culture through a broad range of perspectives and theoretical approaches. Diverse essays show the richness of the field, as authors from various disciplines explore the significance of fashion and fashion visual culture in the contemporary world. Four hours of filmed interviews accompany the reader and include personal stories from emerging designers and seasoned professionals. Art and design departments will appreciate the interdisciplinary approach of this collaborative work as authors share their passion for fashion, culture, theory and art.
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Garb: A Reader on Fashion and Culture investigates the complexity of postmodern attitudes toward dress, fashion, identity and culture through a broad range of perspectives and theoretical approaches. Diverse essays show the richness of the field, as authors from various disciplines explore the significance of fashion and fashion visual culture in the contemporary world. Four hours of filmed interviews accompany the reader and include personal stories from emerging designers and seasoned professionals. Art and design departments will appreciate the interdisciplinary approach of this collaborative work as authors share their passion for fashion, culture, theory and art.
Pearson Education is proud to bring world-renowned Dorling Kindersley (DK) products to your classroom. Instantly recognized by their fascinating, full-color photographs and illustrations on every page, DK titles will add meaning to expository text and make learning accessible and, fun. Other DK hallmarks include cross-section views, 3D models, and text to visual call-outs to help readers comprehend and enjoy the wealth of information each book provides. With Pearson, you can see DK in a whole new way! For a complete listing of titles, please visit: http://us.dk.com/pearson
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-111910-9 (9780131119109)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Table of Contents
PART ONE: MAINSTREAMING
Introduction: Parme Giuntini and Kathryn Hagen: Mainstreaming
Frauke von der Horst: Skirting the Issue or "Why won't you show your pretty legs any more?"
Kenneth Berger: The Outmoded, the Reactionary, and the Revival of the Suit
Parme Giuntini: Uniformly So
Joanne Byce: School Uniforms: Creating the Good Citizen
Editors' interview with Sammy Hoi, President of Otis College of Art & Design
Editors' interview with Rosemary Brantley, Chair, School of Fashion at Otis College of Art & Design
PART TWO: OUT OF THE BOX
Introduction: Kathryn Hagen: Outside the Fashion Box
Parme Giuntini: Betwixt and Between: A Landscape of Female Childhood
Randall Lavender: My Jeans, Myself, and I
Michael Wright: Reflections and Recollections on Black and Black Leather Jackets
Kathryn Hagen: Irony and Ambivalence: Postmodern Issues in the Fashion World
Kathryn Hagen: The White Shirt (deconstructed)
Heather Joseph-Witham: Ironic Bodies and Tattooed Jews
Ann Steinsapir: Who Am I? Who are You? Inflected Dress in Syria
Kerri Steinberg: Towards a Seamless Identity: From Fashion and the Experience of American Jewish Women
Marsha Hopkins: My Bangles
Debra Ballard: Fashion Matters: Reweaving and Asian Cultural Identity
Kathryn Hagen: Cyberfashion
PART THREE: FASHION AND VISUAL CULTURE
Introduction: Parme Giuntini andKathryn Hagen: Fashion and Visual Culture
Editors' interview with Bob Mackie, Designer
Editors' interview with Dave Hickey
Photo Layouts and Artists' Statement
Jeffrey O'Connell
Soo Kim
Jane Goren
John Swihart
Robert Williams
Joan Takayama-Ogawa
Jackie Den Hartog
Sara Streeter
Isabel Toledo
PART FOUR: WHEN LESS IS MORE
Introduction: Parme Giuntini: Bathing Suits and Consuming Desires
Marlena Donohue: The Semiotics of the Itsy Bitsy Bikini
Parme Giuntini: The Speedo-A Few Brief Words
Kathryn Hagen: Peggy Moffitt's Bare Breasts
David Kunzle: The Corse Revival After World War II: From Submission to Empowerment
Kathryn Hagen: The Bullet Bra
Sheldon Forbes: Panty Lines
Paul Vangelisti: The Light Fantastic
PART FIVE: FEMALE ICONS
Introduction: Parme Giuntini: Iconically Yours
Parme Giuntini: Prom Dresses/Prom Dreams
Miranda Banks: Red, White and Breastplates: Clothing a Superhero
Jeanne Willette: What to Wear When Falling
Parme Giuntini: Here Comes the Bride
Patricia Stiles: Till Death Do Us Part. . . .Or
CONCLUSION
Ending it. . . : Parme Giuntini and Kathryn Hagen
NOTE ON CONTRIBUTORS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PART ONE: MAINSTREAMING
Introduction: Parme Giuntini and Kathryn Hagen: Mainstreaming
Frauke von der Horst: Skirting the Issue or "Why won't you show your pretty legs any more?"
Kenneth Berger: The Outmoded, the Reactionary, and the Revival of the Suit
Parme Giuntini: Uniformly So
Joanne Byce: School Uniforms: Creating the Good Citizen
Editors' interview with Sammy Hoi, President of Otis College of Art & Design
Editors' interview with Rosemary Brantley, Chair, School of Fashion at Otis College of Art & Design
PART TWO: OUT OF THE BOX
Introduction: Kathryn Hagen: Outside the Fashion Box
Parme Giuntini: Betwixt and Between: A Landscape of Female Childhood
Randall Lavender: My Jeans, Myself, and I
Michael Wright: Reflections and Recollections on Black and Black Leather Jackets
Kathryn Hagen: Irony and Ambivalence: Postmodern Issues in the Fashion World
Kathryn Hagen: The White Shirt (deconstructed)
Heather Joseph-Witham: Ironic Bodies and Tattooed Jews
Ann Steinsapir: Who Am I? Who are You? Inflected Dress in Syria
Kerri Steinberg: Towards a Seamless Identity: From Fashion and the Experience of American Jewish Women
Marsha Hopkins: My Bangles
Debra Ballard: Fashion Matters: Reweaving and Asian Cultural Identity
Kathryn Hagen: Cyberfashion
PART THREE: FASHION AND VISUAL CULTURE
Introduction: Parme Giuntini andKathryn Hagen: Fashion and Visual Culture
Editors' interview with Bob Mackie, Designer
Editors' interview with Dave Hickey
Photo Layouts and Artists' Statement
Jeffrey O'Connell
Soo Kim
Jane Goren
John Swihart
Robert Williams
Joan Takayama-Ogawa
Jackie Den Hartog
Sara Streeter
Isabel Toledo
PART FOUR: WHEN LESS IS MORE
Introduction: Parme Giuntini: Bathing Suits and Consuming Desires
Marlena Donohue: The Semiotics of the Itsy Bitsy Bikini
Parme Giuntini: The Speedo-A Few Brief Words
Kathryn Hagen: Peggy Moffitt's Bare Breasts
David Kunzle: The Corse Revival After World War II: From Submission to Empowerment
Kathryn Hagen: The Bullet Bra
Sheldon Forbes: Panty Lines
Paul Vangelisti: The Light Fantastic
PART FIVE: FEMALE ICONS
Introduction: Parme Giuntini: Iconically Yours
Parme Giuntini: Prom Dresses/Prom Dreams
Miranda Banks: Red, White and Breastplates: Clothing a Superhero
Jeanne Willette: What to Wear When Falling
Parme Giuntini: Here Comes the Bride
Patricia Stiles: Till Death Do Us Part. . . .Or
CONCLUSION
Ending it. . . : Parme Giuntini and Kathryn Hagen
NOTE ON CONTRIBUTORS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY