Fashion and Cultural Studies
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Fashion and Cultural Studies

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About This Book

Bridging theory and practice, this accessible text provides an introduction to fashion from both cultural studies and fashion studies perspectives, and addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. Cultural studies relies on fashion to exemplify change as well as continuity, examine identity and difference, agency and structure, and production and consumption. Fashion, meanwhile, benefits from the interpretative lens of cultural studies; its key concepts, contextual flexibility, and attention to bridging 'high' and 'popular' culture, contemporary and historical perspectives, and diverse identity issues and methodologies. Organised thematically, the book uses a wide range of cross-cultural case studies to explore ethnicity, class, gender and nation through fashion, and explains the ways in which these notions interact and overlap. Drawing on intersectionality theory in feminist theory and cultural studies, Fashion and Cultural Studies is essential reading for students and scholars.

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Information

Publisher
Berg Publishers
Year
2014
ISBN
9780857854308
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design
FASHION 
AND 
CULTURE 
5
articulation 
becomes 
a 
metaphor 
for 
having 
a 
voice 
or 
a 
sense 
of 
agency 
through 
everyday 
looks 
or 
fashionings 
of 
the 
body. 
Individuals 
mix 
and 
match 
different 
elements 
to 
formulate 
temporary 
expressions 
about 
who 
they 
are 
or, 
more 
accurately, 
are 
becoming. 
Articulations 
are 
especially 
noticeable 
when 
something 
is 
slightly 
out 
of 
context, 
as 
shown 
in 
Figure 
1.2. 
The 
man 
in 
this 
photograph 
has 
just 
arrived 
at 
a 
wedding 
reception 
in 
Washington 
State 
in 
the 
United 
States. 
He 
is 
part 
of 
the 
wedding 
party 
that 
has 
just 
taken 
place 
in 
another 
setting 
and 
is 
still 
wearing 
his 
(temporary, 
rented) 
tuxedo 
but 
has 
added 
an 
additional 
accessory: 
an 
indie 
rock 
record 
company 
cap. 
His 
ar-
ticulation 
between 
the 
formality 
(and 
conformity) 
of 
the 
tuxedo 
and 
his 
own 
musical 
preferences 
let 
us 
know 
a 
little 
more 
about 
him; 
his 
cap 
softens 
and 
personalizes—as 
it 
articulates 
with—his 
rented 
tux. 
Figure 
1.2 
In 
the 
moment: 
articulation 
as 
temporary 
closure. 
By 
adding 
his 
indie 
rock 
record 
cap, 
this 
member 
of 
the 
wedding 
party 
reveals 
more 
of 
himself 
at 
the 
reception 
afterward. 
He 
expresses 
that 
he 
is 
both
a 
member 
of 
the 
wedding 
party 
and
a 
lover 
of 
indie 
rock 
music. 
Washington 
State, 
USA, 
2010. 
Photo 
by 
author.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1 Fashion and Culture: Cultural Studies, Fashion Studies
  6. 2 Intersectional, Transnational Fashion Subjects
  7. 3 Fashioning the National Subject
  8. 4 Ethnicities and “Racial” Rearticulations
  9. 5 Class Matters
  10. 6 Gendering Fashion, Fashioning Gender: Beyond Binaries
  11. 7 Sexuality and Style-Fashion-Dress
  12. 8 Bodies in Motion through Time and Space: Age/Generation and Place
  13. References
  14. Index