Description
This edited volume explores the relationships between the dressed body, fashion, sex, and power, exploring how dress can reinforce or challenge social norms.
About the Author
Annette Lynch is the Director of the School of Applied Human Sciences and a professor of Textiles and Apparel at the University of Northern Iowa, USA. Katalin Medvedev is a professor at the University of Georgia, USA.
Reviews
Lynch and Medvedev have given their readers a 'fresh look' into the fashion of the 21st century. Their book reflects the zeitgeist and the importance of diversity, taking readers on journeys of race, ethnicity, gender, class and most importantly style. The text relates the significance of today's cultural shifts and how we are moving into a new era reflecting the influence of global fashion. -- Joseph H. Hancock II, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
The overarching framework provided by Lynch and Medvedev in this volume is effective in addressing critical topics such as differences in gender socialization, fashion as challenge and empowerment, dress and power structures, and objectification and self-objectification in personal and group narratives ... [A] must-read for those who wish to understand the nuances of the relationship of fashionable dress to sex and power structures. -- Marilyn DeLong, College of Design, University of Minnesota, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781350175310
Author Annette Lynch
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series Dress and Fashion Research
Weight(grams) 358g