Chic Thrills A Fashion Reader

Name: Chic Thrills A Fashion Reader
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ISBN: 9780520083394

ISBN-10: 0520083393

ISBN-13: 9780520083394

Edition: N/A

Authors: Juliet Ash, Elizabeth Wilson

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Designed to be as internationally relevant as the fashion it discusses, Chic Thrills extends fashion theory beyond the interpretation of style, and shows how it relates to the economic realities and motivations of those who create the clothing we buy and wear. Among the issues the contributors address are: Feminism and the politics of fashion * The relationship of non-European cultures to Western fashion * Fashion and the negotiation of identity * Recent trends in fashion photography and the media representation of fashion * Industrial conditions, production constraints and the relationship of garment workers to the clothes they make * Playing with a different sex: fashion and the lesbian…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/13/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Elizabeth Wilson is a professor of cultural studies at the University of North London. She has published several books, including The Sphinx in the City and Hallucinations: Life in the Post-Modern City.