This new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in contemporary fashion. The book brings together the key writings on the subject, covering the history, culture, and business of fashion.
The essays are drawn from a wide range of sources - books, professional and academic journals, magazines, interviews, and exhibition catalogues. Each section is specially introduced and concludes with guides to further reading.
The new edition has been entirely revised and expanded: there are new sections on psychology, ethnicity, design and manufacture, marketing and merchandising, and sustainability; several new essays have been specially written for the reader; the range of illustrations has been increased.
In its second edition, The Fashion Reader is the ideal introductory text for all students of fashion
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A completely revised and expanded new edition of a bestselling textbook, The Fashion Reader is designed for students, scholars and anyone interested in contemporary fashion.
List of Figures
List of Tables and Charts
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
General Introduction - Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun
Part I: A Brief History of Fashion
Introduction - Linda Welters
1. From Prehistory through Byzantium - Abby Lillethun
2. Europe to 1700 - Linda Welters
3. From Baroque Elegance to the French Revolution: 1700-1790 - Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
4. From Neoclassicism to the Industrial Revolution: 1790-1860 - Susan North
5. The Victorian and Edwardian Eras: 1860-1910 - Cynthia Cooper
6. The Modern Era: 1910-1960 - Tiffany Webber
7. The Postmodern Age: 1960-2010 - Jose Blanco F.
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part I
Part II: Fashion Theory
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
8. Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture - Thorstein Veblen
9. The Power of Fashion - Kurt Lang and Gladys Engel Lang
10. Written Clothing - Roland Barthes
11. The Fashion System - Grant McCracken
12. The Dressed Body - Joanne Entwistle
13. Re-Orienting Fashion Theory - Sandra Niessen
14. Fashion at the Edge - Caroline Evans
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part II
Part III: Psychology of Fashion
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
15. The Fundamental Motives - J. C. Flugel
16. To the Fashion Industry as Represented by the British Fashion Council - Janet Treasure et al.
17. Hearts and Masks - David Muggleton
18. Shopping Addiction: Is Shopping Costing More Than Money? - Marilyn Clark and Kirsten Salerno
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part III
Part IV: Fashion and Identity
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
19. Is it a Girl or a Boy? Gender Identity and Children's Clothing - Colleen R. Callahan and Jo B. Paoletti
20. Sentimental Culture and the Problem of Fashion - Karen Halttunen
21. Men and Women: Dressing the Part - Jo B. Paoletti and Claudia Brush Kidwell
22. The Zoot Suit and Style Warfare - Stuart Cosgrove
23. Invisible Men? - Shaun Cole
24. Subculture: The Unnatural Break - Dick Hebdige
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part IV
Part V: Fashion: Space and Place
Introduction - Linda Welters
25. World Cities of Fashion - David Gilbert
26. Popularizing Fashion in Melbourne, Australia - Sally Weller
27. Fashion Blogs - Sarah Moore
28. Globalization Reconsidered: The Historical Geography of Modern Western Male Attire - Wilbur Zelinsky
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part V
Part VI: Ethnicity, Culture and Dress
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
29. The Highlander Myth - Hugh Trevor-Roper
30. The Veil in Their Minds and on Our Heads: Veiling Practices and Muslim Women
- Homa Hoodfar
31. Guayaberismo and the Essence of Cool - Marilyn Miller
32. Youth Cosmopolitanism: Clothing, the City and Globalization in Dakar, Senegal - Suzanne Scheld
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part VI
Part VII: Politics of Fashion
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
33. Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women's Clothing in Late Medieval Italy - Thomas M. Izbicki
34. The Calico Campaign: Prohibition of East Indian Cottons - Beverly Lemire
35. Trade Policies - Arthur C. Mead
36. Finding the Moral Fiber: Why Reform is Urgently Needed for a Fair Cotton Trade - Oxfam Briefing Paper
37. Sweatshop: A First Edition - Robert J. S. Ross
38. Not Only Nike's Doing It: "Sweating" and the Contemporary Labor Market - Richard McIntyre and Yngve Ramstad
39. Feminism and Fashion - Elizabeth Wilson
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part VII
Part VIII: Fashion and the Body
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
40. Corsets in Vogue - Valerie Steele
41. Nap Time: Historicizing the Afro - Robin D. G. Kelley
42. "Material Girl": Madonna as Postmodern Heroine - Susan Bordo
43. The Slimming of Yvonne Blue - Joan Jacobs Brumberg
44. Fashioning the Body Today - Susan J. Vincent
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part VIII
Part IX: Fashion and Art
Introduction - Linda Welters
45. Art and Fashion - Michael Boodro
46. Fashion Rendering - Richard Martin
47. On the Marked Change in Fashion Photography - Olivier Zahm
48. Viktor & Rolf - Andrew Bolton
49. Shed, Cathedral or Museum? - Chantal Beret
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part IX
Part X: Fashion, Media and Communication
Introduction - Linda Welters
50. Fashion on the Page - Christopher Breward
51. Supermodels and Super Bodies - Jennifer Craik
52. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Kathleen Craughwell-Varda
53. Hot Couture: Brigitte Bardot's Fashion Revolution - Ginette Vincendeau
54. Sex and the City in the British Fashion Press - Anna Koenig
55. Hip Hop - Tricia Rose
56. Selling Culture: Bloomingdale's, Diana Vreeland, and the New Aristocracy of Taste in Reagan's America - Debora Silverman
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part X
Part XI: From Haute Couture to the Street
Introduction - Linda Welters
57. When Worth Was King - Anne Hollander
58. The Dressmaking World - Therese Bonney and Louise Bonney
59. Torontonian Taste in Couture - Alexandra Palmer
60. Trickle Down, Bubble Up - Ted Polhemus
61. Secondhand Dresses and the Role of the Ragmarket - Angela McRobbie
62. Punks and Pirates: The Costiff Collection of Vivienne Westwood - Sonnet Stanfill
63. Japanese Street Fashion: The Urge To Be Seen and To Be Heard - Yuniya Kawamura Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XI
Part XII: Design and Manufacture
Introduction - Linda Welters
64. Inside Design-A Look at the Method Behind the Madness - Katy Chapman
65. Fashion Sorceress - Linda Tischler
66. The Diary of a Dress: Alexander McQueen Shares the Saga of How One of His Inspirations-A Peter Arnold Orchid Photograph-Evolved from Simple Sketch to Production Nightmare to a Stunning Gown Fit for Supermodel Naomi Campbell - Lisa Armstrong
67. Born in the USA: The Growing Premium-Denim Market Goes Global - Julia Fein Azoulay
68. It's in the Bag - Dana Thomas
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XII
Part XIII: Marketing and Merchandising
Introduction - Linda Welters
69. Business Sense: It Takes a Lot More than Individual Flair to Stay at the Top - John Andrews
70. Return to Clubland - Mark Tungate
71. New Luxury - Dana Thomas
72. American Apparel - Rob Walker
73. Dorothy Shaver: Promoter of "The American Look" - Tiffany Webber-Hanchett
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XIII
Part XIV: The Fashion Business and Global Economics
Introduction - Abby Lillethun
74. What Happened to Fashion? - Teri Agins
75. The Islamic Factor - Nicholas Coleridge
76. Zara: The Business Model for Fast Fashion - Teresa M. McCarthy
77. Four Models of Fashion Relationships - Simona Segre Reinach
78. Fashion in India - Vandana Bhandari
79. Made in China - Arthur C. Mead
80. "Two for a Penny" - Pietra Rivoli
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XIV
Part XV: Sustainability and Fashion
Introduction - Linda Welters
81. Fiber Sustainability: Green is Not Black + White - Martin Bide
82. Weaving a New Future - Julian M. Allwood, Soren Ellebaek Laursen, Cecilia Malvido De Rodriguez and Nancy M. Bocken
83. Digital and Democratic - Sarah Scaturro
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XV
Part XVI: Future of Fashion
Introduction - Linda Welters
84. The Evolution of the Chicago Fashion Initiative - Melissa Gamble
85. Born to Buy - Juliet B. Schor
86. Aging and Demographics: Implications for the Fashion Industry - Claire Lacoste-Kapstein
87. Luxury Fashion Branding - Uche Okonkwo
88. Wearable Technology - Lucy E. Dunne
Annotated Guide to Further Reading for Part XVI
Bibliography
Index
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Historically informed and critically integrated, The Fashion Reader sheds fresh light on key concepts in fashion studies: time, space/place, identity, and globalization. * Susan Kaiser, University of California at Davis (from 1st edition) *A panoramic collection of current and classic texts and an excellent introduction to fashion . . . from history, cultural identity, gender, through to the business, economics, manufacturing and marketing of fashion. * Pammi Sinha, University of Manchester (from 1st edition) *Presenting rich, diverse, and significant essays, The Fashion Reader will contribute to and expand the study of fashion. * Theresa M. Winge, Indiana University (from 1st edition) *An invaluable resource that covers Fashion Studies' range of disciplines and approaches, The Fashion Reader will invigorate the growing field of fashion. * Patrik Aspers, Stockholm University (from 1st edition) *This is a useful starting point that demonstrates the richness of the subject, indicates the diverse themes to be explored, and the variety of approaches it is possible to take in examining both contemporary and historical fashion. * Costume, Vol 42, 2008 (from 1st edition) *This wide-ranging volume engages with issues of fashion, broadly conceived, from the historical through the theoretical to politics and business. -- Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta * Winterthur Portfolio *
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A completely revised and expanded new edition of a bestselling textbook, The Fashion Reader is designed for students, scholars and anyone interested in contemporary fashion.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781847885890
Publisert
2011-02-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Berg Publishers
Vekt
1309 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
05, UU, UP
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
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736