TY - BOOK AU - Calefato,Patrizia TI - The clothed body T2 - Dress, body, culture, SN - 1859738052 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Berg KW - Clothing and dress KW - Social aspects KW - Fashion KW - Human body N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index; Dress, language, and communication -- Dress and social identity -- Style and styles between fashion and the grotesque -- Taste between common sense and received meaning -- Everyday models -- The face and the gaze -- Degree zero of fashion and the body : the model, the nude, and the doll -- Intertextual strategies and contemporary mythology -- Fashion and cinema -- Wearing black -- Mass fashion : the role of fashion in music -- Time -- Fashion intertexts -- Objects N2 - From tattoos to mini-skirts, to skin decoration, make-up and hair, the author examines the many functions of modern dress. Considering the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play, she argues clothing is at the root of a complex set of messages, many of which are paradoxical ER -