Fashion-ology: an introduction to fashion studies
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Main Author: Kawamura, Yuniya 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Berg 2005
Series:Dress, body, culture
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-119) and index
Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Sociological Discourse and Empirical; 3 Fashion as an Institutionalized System; 4 Designers: The Personification of Fashion; 5 Production, Gatekeeping and Diffusion of Fashion; 6 Adoption and Consumption of Fashion; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 124 p.)
ISBN:1845207173
9781845207175
9781847886071
1847886078

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