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Accessorizing the Body: Habits of Being I
Paula Rabinowitz
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Description for Accessorizing the Body: Habits of Being I
Paperback. Editor(s): Giorcelli, Cristina; Rabinowitz, Paula. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 b&w illustrations, 10 colour plates. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
The first in the four-part series Habits of Being, charting the social, cultural, and political expression of clothing as seen on the street and in museums, in films and literature, and in advertisements and magazines, this volume features a close-up focus on accessories—the shoe, the hat, the necklace—intimately connected to the body.
These essays, most of which have appeared in the cutting-edge Italian series Abito e Identità, offer new theoretical and historical takes on the role of clothing, dress, and accessories in the construction of the modern subject. With contributions by leading scholars in art history, semiotics, literary and ... Read more
The first in the four-part series Habits of Being, charting the social, cultural, and political expression of clothing as seen on the street and in museums, in films and literature, and in advertisements and magazines, this volume features a close-up focus on accessories—the shoe, the hat, the necklace—intimately connected to the body.
These essays, most of which have appeared in the cutting-edge Italian series Abito e Identità, offer new theoretical and historical takes on the role of clothing, dress, and accessories in the construction of the modern subject. With contributions by leading scholars in art history, semiotics, literary and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
354g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816675791
SKU
V9780816675791
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About Paula Rabinowitz
Cristina Giorcelli is professor of American literature at the University of Rome Three. She is coeditor, with Charles Capper, of Margaret Fuller: Transatlantic Crossings in a Revolutionary Age and founding editor of the quarterly journal Letterature d’America.Paula Rabinowitz is professor of English at the University of Minnesota and the author of many books, most recently Black & White & Noir: ... Read more
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