Fashion and its social agendas : class, gender, and identity in clothing /
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.Description: x, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0226117995
- 9780226117997
- GT 525 CRA
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | GT 525 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0012453 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-284) and index.
Fashion, identity, and social change -- Working-class clothing and the experience of social class in the nineteenth century -- Fashion, democratization, and social control -- Women's clothing, behavior as nonverbal resistance: symbolic boundaries, alternative dress, and public space -- Fashion worlds and global markets: from "Class" to "Consumer" fashion -- Men's clothing and the construction of masculine identities: class, lifestyle, and popular culture -- Fashion images and the struggle for women's identity -- Fashion and clothing choices in two centuries.
What are you wearing and what does it mean? This book explores the social significance of clothing, from denoting class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or political beliefs. It discusses the role of fashion in creating identity and the roles of media and consumerism in creating fashion itself.