| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) |
| Contents |
Appearance and identity -- Feminism and fashion -- Cosmetics and the female body -- Cosmetic surgery and the eclipse of identity -- Body art and men's fashion -- Ornament and the feminine -- The postmodern gender carnival |
| Summary |
This book critically examines recent theories of fashion which have sought to legitimize its pleasures and defend it as an avenue for self-expression. Through a series of essays which address different aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including the wearing of makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, the role of ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries, it is argued that the greatest concern today lies not in the failure to acknowledge the pleasures of fashion, but, on the contrary, in the tendency to elevate it to a dominant position in everyday life where the cultivation of one's physical appearance supplants all other sources of identity formation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Fashion -- Philosophy
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Fashion -- Psychological aspects
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
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Fashion -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230617186 |
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0230617182 |
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9781349374298 |
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1349374296 |
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0230607624 |
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9780230607620 |
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9781282277816 |
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1282277812 |
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9786612277818 |
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6612277815 |
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