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 |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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 | - |
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Fashion Talks : Undressing the Power of Style
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
The contributors to this collection take fashion seriously, neither dismissing it as inconsequential nor demonizing it as inherently anti-feminist. The individual authors overwhelmingly come from a Third Wave feminist background; while acknowledging the ways in which fashion has traditionally been used to limit and restrict women, they also discuss its potential as a means of politicized self-expression. The essays range over a broad spectrum of topics. Some focus on the authors' personal discomfort with the Second Wave uniform of overalls, shapeless t-shirts, and sensible shoes and their efforts to create looks that would both honor their politics and flatter their figures. Others examine the subtext of subculture fashions, including the Lolita look in Japan and the "glam" abayas popular among wealthy Muslim women in the United Arab Emirates. The collection does not neglect the economic side of fashion, with a particularly interesting piece that discusses the politicization of style and charity in the (Product) Red clothing line. Quite simply, this book is an excellent and accessible introduction to the intersection between Third Wave feminism and fashion theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. R. A. Standish San Joaquin Delta College