Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226117995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A superbly written, scholarly survey of fashion history. Midwest Book Review Clothes choices and fashion style often dictate the creation of the self and its image: but how? Crane offers a somewhat scholarly exploration of fashion trends from 19th century France to modern America, drawing important links between style and social change. This approach will interest not only art libraries, but schools offering social science studies.. My daughter the fashion queen I bought this book for my daughter for Christmas. She requested it and has been getting lots of tips from it. She's studying to be a fashion buyer so the book came in handy. She loves it!. Gem said A scan read. overly distracting language, which constantly repeats itself in several chapters. There are good points within the book it just takes a while to reach them!
. From Library Journal Why do people dress the way they do? How does clothing contribute to a person's identity as a man or woman, as a white-collar professional or blue-collar worker, as a preppie, yuppie, or nerd? How is it that dress no longer denotes social class so much as lifestyle, whatever that is? Is haute couture defunct? Why may women wear pants and everything else men do, yet men may not wear skirts and everything else women do? Crane (sociology, Univ. of Pennsylvania; The Transformation of the Avant-Garde) has written widely on the history and sociology of the arts, the news and entertainment media, fashion in clothing, and other material goods. Intelligent and informative, the book proposes thoughtful answers to some of these questions and helps us find our own answers to similar questions. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with substantial collections in art and culture.DJames F. De
Today, clothes worn at work signify social class, but leisure clothes convey meanings ranging from trite to political. By contrast, today's designers operate in a global marketplace, shaped by television, film, and popular music. It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, Diana Crane demonstrates how the social significance of clothing has been transformed.Crane compares nineteenth-century societies—France and the United States—where social class was the most salient aspect of social identity signified in clothing with late twentieth-century America, where lifestyle, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity are more meaningful to individuals in constructing their wardrobes. These discussions yield fascinating information about women's perceptions of female identity and sexuality in the fashion industry.An absorbing work, Fashion and Its Social Agendas stands out as a critical study of gender, fashion, and consumer culture."Why do people dress the way they do? How does clothing contribute to a person's identity as a man or woman, as a white-collar professional or blue-collar worker, as a