Fashioning the Self

Identity and Style in British Culture

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Fashioning the Self: Identity and Style in British Culture' offers an eclectic approach to contemporary fashion studies.Taking a broad definition of British culture, this collection of essays explores the significance of style to issues such as colonialism, race, gender and class, embracing topics as diverse as eighteenth-century portraiture, literary dress culture and Edwardian working-class glamour. Examining the emblematic power of garments themselves and the context in which they are styled, this work interrogates the ways that personal style can itself decontextualize garments to radically reframe their meanings. Using an intentionally eclectic range of subjects from an interdisciplinary perspective, this collection builds on the work of theorists such as Aileen Ribeiro, Vika Martina Plock, Cheryl Buckley and Hilary Fawcett, to examine the social significance of personal style, while also highlighting the diversity of British culture itself.

• Reihe: Curating and Interpreting Culture
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781648898709
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.02.2024
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Vernon Press
• Herausgegeben von: Emily Priscott