Why women wear what they wear:

Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What They Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions - observed and discussed at the moment of gettin...

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Main Author: Woodward, Sophie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Berg 2007
Series:Materializing culture
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Online Access:HTW01
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Summary:Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What They Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions - observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body and identity. Woodward pieces together what women actually think about clothing, dress and the body in a world where popular media and culture presents an increasingly extreme and distorted view of femininity and the ideal body. Immediately accessible to all those who have stood in front of a mirror and wondered 'does this make me look fat?', 'is this skirt really me?' or 'does this jacket match?', Why Women Wear What They Wear provides students of anthropology and fashion with a fresh perspective on the social issues and constraints we are all consciously or unconsciously negotiating when we get dressed
Item Description:Online-Ausgabe erschienen bei Bloomsbury Fashion Central: 2021
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 168 Seiten)
ISBN:9781847883483
9780857851475
DOI:10.2752/9781847883483

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