| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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Dress & fashion research |
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Dress and fashion research.
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| Contents |
List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionFashion, Agency and EmpowermentAnnette Lynch and Katalin MedvedevFashion as Challenge and Empowerment Chapter 1The Beauty Divide: Black Millennial Women Seek Agency with Makeup Art Cosmetics (MAC)Jaleesa Reed and Katalin MedvedevChapter 2Kangol Kool: Stylized Hats and the Performance of Black DandyismDerrick WilliamsChapter 3Challenging the Gender Binary in Bond Films: Bond Girls, Female Villains, and JamesLaureen GibsonChapter 4Menswear in the Millennium: Bending the Gender BinaryParker Bennett Dialogues between Dress and Structures of PowerChapter 5High Flying Fashions: Ghana Airways' Female Flight Attendants as Exemplars of the NationChristopher RichardsChapter 6First Ladies of the Raj: Status and Empowerment in British IndiaDonald Clay JohnsonChapter 7The Lady was a Mshoza: Female Agency and Empowerment in South African Pantsula Dance and CultureDaniela GoellerChapter 8Penetrating Knits: Feminists Knit 'Cunty First' and 'The Pussyhat'Rebecca E. Schuiling and Theresa WingeChapter 9The Choli and the Empowerment of Indian WomenVandana BhandariNarratives of Objectification and Self-ObjectificationChapter 10The Prowess of a Virgin Goddess and a Seductress: Analyzing the Ideals of Female Sexuality of Princess Diana and Kate MiddletonCaroline McCauleyChapter 11Dress and Sex Work -- Attracting Customers through Virtual EnvironmentsTasoulla Hadiyanni and Kim K. JohnsonChapter 12Stripping of Power: Dress and Undress of Afro-Brazilian Women in the Scientific Work of Louis and Elizabeth Agassiz Kelly Mohs Gage Chapter 13Turning Self to Object: Costume, Identity, and Gender Roles in Alice Austen's Photographic Self-PortraitsKeren Ben-Horin BibliographyIndex |
| Summary |
"Fashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality. In this global and interdisciplinary collection, leading authors explore the relationships between the dressed body, fashion, sex, and power, with and emphasis on the role of dress in both reinforcing and challenging social norms. Covering a range of geographic and social contexts, the book explores the role of fashion in empowering both individuals and groups to create transformation and change. Taking us from the performance of black dandyism through stylized hats, to the use of challenging dance forms and male-inspired dress by female South African dancers to express independence and equality, to ways in which recent Bond Girls have challenged traditional gender binaries, the book is a crucial entry pointo into discussions of fashion as an empowerment strategy. Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment provides valuable insights into global fashion, political structures, and social life"--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 29, 2018) |
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Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.
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Fashion -- Social aspects
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Fashion -- African influences.
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Fashion -- Cross-cultural studies
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History of fashion.
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Fashion design & theory.
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Sociology & anthropology.
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Fashion & society.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
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DESIGN -- Fashion & Accessories.
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Clothing and dress -- Social aspects
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Fashion
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Fashion -- African influences
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Fashion -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lynch, Annette (Annette Ferne), editor.
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Medvedev, Katalin, editor
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| ISBN |
9781350058286 |
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1350058289 |
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9781350058279 |
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1350058270 |
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