The Dressed Society Clothing, the Body and Some Meanings of the World |
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| Author:
| Corrigan, Peter |
| Series title: | Published in association with Theory, Culture and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84920-225-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $66.00 |
Book Description:
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This exhaustive book demonstrates how dress shapes and is shaped by social processes and phenomena such as beauty, time, the body, the gift exchange, class, gender, and religion. It does this through an analysis of topics like the Islamic clothing controversy in state schools, the multitude of identities associated with dress, the Dress Reform movement, the construction of the body in fashion magazines, and the role of the internet in fashion. What emerges is a trenchant, sharply...
More DescriptionThis exhaustive book demonstrates how dress shapes and is shaped by social processes and phenomena such as beauty, time, the body, the gift exchange, class, gender, and religion. It does this through an analysis of topics like the Islamic clothing controversy in state schools, the multitude of identities associated with dress, the Dress Reform movement, the construction of the body in fashion magazines, and the role of the internet in fashion. What emerges is a trenchant, sharply observed account of the place of dress in contemporary society.