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Appearance and Identity : Fashioning the Body in Postmodernity /

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This book casts a critical look at the dominant position that fashion has come to occupy in contemporary society. It addresses various aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Negrin, Llewellyn (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Chemistry.
Gender Studies.
Organic Chemistry.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Theory.
Chemistry, Organic.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book casts a critical look at the dominant position that fashion has come to occupy in contemporary society. It addresses various aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9780230617186
DOI:10.1057/9780230617186