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Fashion, Culture, and Identity
Fred Davis
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Paperback. A consideration of the role of clothes in establishing personality, and the influence and significance of changing fashion as a social and cultural phenomenon. Num Pages: 238 pages, 12 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344. 238 pages, 12 halftones, 5 line drawings. A consideration of the role of clothes in establishing personality, and the influence and significance of changing fashion as a social and cultural phenomenon. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFCK. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 14. Weight: 336.
What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Western culture? How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes--and what they can do to us. Much of what we assume to be individual preference, Davis shows, really reflects deeper social and cultural forces. Ours is an ambivalent social ... Read more
What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Western culture? How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes--and what they can do to us. Much of what we assume to be individual preference, Davis shows, really reflects deeper social and cultural forces. Ours is an ambivalent social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226138091
SKU
V9780226138091
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