Fashion talks : undressing the power of style
Record details
- ISBN: 9781438443195
- ISBN: 1438443196
- ISBN: 9781438443201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 143844320X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : feminism confronts fashion / Marjorie Jolles and Shira Tarrant -- Fashioning a feminist style, or, How I learned to dress from reading feminist theory / Astrid Henry -- Dressing left : conforming, transforming, and shifting masculine style / Shira Tarrant -- The baby bump is the new Birkin / Renée Ann Cramer -- Fashion as adaptation : the case of American Idol / Leslie Heywood and Justin R. Garcia -- My mannequin, myself : embodiment in fashion's mirror / Denise Witzig -- Life's too short to wear comfortable shoes : femme-ininity and sex work / Jayne Swift -- Japanese Lolita : challenging sexualized style and the little-girl look / Kathryn A. Hardy Bernal -- Glam Abaya : contemporary Emirati couture / Jan C. Kreidler -- Ado(red), abhor(red), disappea(red) : fashioning race, poverty, and morality under Product (Red) / Evangeline M. Heiliger -- The lady is a vamp : Cruella de Vil and the cultural politics of fur / Catherine Spooner -- Something borrowed, something blue : what's an indie bride to do? / Elline Lipkin -- Steampunk : stylish subversion and colonial chic / Diana M. Pho and Jaymee Goh -- DIY fashion and going Bust : wearing feminist politics in the twenty-first century / Jo Reger -- Stylish contradiction : mix-and-match as the fashion of feminist ambivalence / Marjorie Jolles. |
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Subject: | Women's clothing Social aspects Clothing and dress Social aspects Fashion Social aspects Feminism Social aspects |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | GT 1720 .F37 2012 | 30775305469547 | General Collection | Available | - |
Fashion Talks : Undressing the Power of Style
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Fashion Talks : Undressing the Power of Style
Shira Tarrant is Associate Professor in the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. She is the author of Men and Feminism and When Sex Became Gender and the editor of Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power . Marjorie Jolles is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Roosevelt University.