fashion, dress and modern social theory, 2nd Edition
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Entwistle, Joanne
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 3 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- mode, kleding, identiteit, seksualiteit, sociale klasse, etniciteit, vrouwenlichamen
- Description
- Once fashion was seen as marginal. Now it entered into core economic discourse focused around ideas about ‘cultural’ and ‘creative’ work as a major driver of developed economies. This second edition gives a summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society. Entwistle examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sexuality.The book offers a synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress and the sociology of the body. The book shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters.