Fashion Theory An Introduction

Name: Fashion Theory An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780415496216

ISBN-10: 0415496217

ISBN-13: 9780415496216

Edition: 2014

Authors: Malcolm Barnard

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Books that explain and analyse the nature, production and consumption of fashion are very fashionable at present. Fashion is explained in terms of the body, or fetish, or gender or culture. Slightly less fashionable, it seems, are introductory books on the theories of fashion. All explanations and analyses of fashion presupposed at least one theory (of gender, or class, for example) and all apply some theory to the material they cover, but few take the time to explain those theories. This introduction to fashion theory surveys and contextualises the ways in which a wide range of disciplines (including sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, fashion history, gender studies and cultural…

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/30/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Wood, is Librarian, Reference and Database Services, at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University at Hershey.Malcolm Barnard is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Design at the University of Derby, where he teaches the history and theory of art and design. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Sociology and a PhD in Philosophy from the universities of York and Warwick, and his publications include "Fashion as Communication and Art, Design and Visual Culture: An Introduction."