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    528,95 kr.

    Wedding clothes are not only distinctive forms of dress, but are also steeped in years of cultural tradition. This book, drawing on case studies from around the world, considers how wedding attire is both a statement of tradition and a vehicle for challenging social norms.

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    475,95 kr.

    Presents an assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. This work examines the significance of textiles and dress to Latin American culture and the reasons behind it from fashion history to popular culture and the (re)making of traditional garments, such as the poncho, the guayabera and maguey-fiber sandals.

  • - Fashion, Music and Global Digital Cultures
    af Brent Luvaas
    483,95 - 1.451,95 kr.

    Through rich ethnographic detail and cutting-edge theory, DIY Style tells the fascinating story of an international do-it-yourself (DIY) movement through a major case study of the "indie" music and fashion scene in Indonesia.

  • - Dressing the Imagination
    af Theresa M. Winge
    258,95 - 1.282,95 kr.

  • - Consumption, Space, and Value
    af Louise (University of Nottingham & UK) Crewe
    263,95 - 1.713,95 kr.

  • - Innovation and Tradition in the Kyoto Textile Industry
    af Jenny Hall
    293,95 - 1.457,95 kr.

  • - An Introduction to Fashion Studies
    af Yuniya Kawamura
    1.240,95 kr.

    Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.

  • - Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan
    af Masafumi (University of Western Australia) Monden
    421,95 - 1.714,95 kr.

  • - An Ethnography of Fashion Blogging
    af USA) Luvaas & Brent (Drexel University
    1.465,95 kr.

  • - Fashion, Agency, Performance
     
    512,95 kr.

  • - Second-Hand Fashion
     
    1.872,95 kr.

    Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand clothing. This book is useful for those interested in fashion and dress, material culture, consumption and anthropology, as well as to dealers, collectors and wearers of second hand clothes.

  • - From Conformity to Transgression
    af Jennifer Craik
    460,95 - 1.872,95 kr.

    From fascists to fashionistas, this work looks at clothing and its cultural meaning in our everyday lives. Tracing the troubling connections amongst religious orders, the military, schools and fetish clubs, it shows how uniforms control bodies and enable subversion. It shows how the uniform inspires fear and love, conformity and subversion.

  • - State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan
    af Brian J. McVeigh
    526,95 - 1.715,95 kr.

    The popularity of uniforms in Japan suggests important linkages: material culture, politico-economic projects, bodily management, and the construction of subjectivity are all connected to the wearing of uniforms. This book examines what the donning of uniforms says about cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan.

  • - A History of the Victorian Corset
    af Leigh Summers
    547,95 - 2.042,95 kr.

    Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

  • - Albanian Sworn Virgins
    af Antonia Young
    523,95 - 1.715,95 kr.

    Most people conceive of gender as an informed response to a biological imperative. But such notions are overturned by certain women in regions of Albania who elect to "become" men simply for the advantages that accrue to them as a result. This book tells the frank stories of these women.

  • - Global Fashion and Faith
    af Lynne Hume
    420,95 - 1.607,95 kr.

    This accessible study of religious dress practices contains case studies on a wide range of religious groups, including: Catholics, Jews, Hindus, Druids, Shamans, and Mystics. Its unique sensory approach will appeal to scholars and students across many disciplines.

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    1.715,95 kr.

    Examines what the donning of uniforms says about cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Drawing on examples, this book focuses particularly on student uniforms, which are key socializing objects in Japan's politico-economic order, but also examines 'office ladies', 'salary men', service personnel, and housewives.

  • - Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture
    af Charlotte Suthrell
    526,95 - 1.715,95 kr.

    Drawing on primary fieldwork, this book offers a cross-cultural study of transvestism through an examination of transvestites in Britain and the Hijras of India. The author tackles the question of whether or not transvestism is motivated primarily by sex or gender, and she challenges the straightforward binary divide in Western theories of gender.

  • - Second-Hand Fashion
     
    403,95 kr.

    Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand clothing. This book is useful for those interested in fashion and dress, material culture, consumption and anthropology, as well as to dealers, collectors and wearers of second hand clothes.

  • - Beyond the Black Shirt
    af Eugenia Paulicelli
    428,95 kr.

    Prada, Gucci, Max Mara: 'alta moda' is synonymous with luxury, glamour and pleasure. Yet Italian fashion also has a dark history. The fascism of 1930's Italy dominated more than just politics - it spilled over into modes of dress. 'Fashion under Fascism' considers this link in detail.

  • - The Globalization of Asian Dress
     
    1.719,95 kr.

    Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap between traditional centres of fashion and the marginalized periphery. This book explores Asian fashion in a global economic and cultural context.

  • - Fashion, Gender, and Subculture
    af New York, USA) Kawamura & Yuniya (Fashion Institute of Technology
    1.869,95 kr.

  • - Representations of Fashion in Painting, Photography and Film
    af Adam Geczy & Vicki Karaminas
    418,95 - 1.870,95 kr.

  • - The Globalization of Asian Dress
     
    531,95 kr.

    Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap between traditional centres of fashion and the marginalized periphery. This book explores Asian fashion in a global economic and cultural context.

  • - Changing Sex and Changing Clothes
    af Claudine Griggs
    520,95 - 1.448,95 kr.

    While highlighting how the gender identity of transsexuals relates to hormonal and surgical changes in the body as well as to changes in dress, this text investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected.

  • - Fashioning Women in the Third Reich
    af Irene Guenther
    606,95 - 1.895,95 kr.

    Deals comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. This book explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image. It details the inner workings of a government-supported fashion institute and an organization established to help aryanize the German fashion world.

  • - Behind the Scenes of the Global Fashion Industry
    af Sweden) Lantz & Jenny (Stockholm University
    414,95 - 1.717,95 kr.

  • af Eric Silverman
    1.465,95 kr.

    This is the first comprehensive account of Jewish clothing, both profane and sacred, from its origins through to the present day. Focusing on tensions over gender, ethnic identity and assimilation, each chapter discusses the meaning and symbolism of a specific era or type of Jewish dress, whether traditional or contemporary.

  • - Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation
    af Alphonso McClendon
    1.454,95 kr.

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