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The fashioned body : fashion, dress, and modern social theory /

The Fashioned Body provides a wide ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological point of view, with clear summaries of theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Entwistle, Joanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell, 2000.
Subjects:
Fashion > Social aspects.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Human body > Social aspects.
Mode > Aspect social.
Costume > Aspect social.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Mode.
Kleding.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
Table of Contents:
  • Addressing the body
  • Theorizing fashion and dress
  • Fashion, dress and social change
  • Fashion and identity
  • Fashion and gender
  • Fashion, adornment and sexuality
  • The fashion industry
  • Conclusion.