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A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century Jane Kromm 9781845204921
SciFier: £42.99A History of Visual Culture is a history of ideas. The recent explosion of interest in visual culture suggests the phenomenon is very recent. But visual culture has a history. Knowledge began to be... -
Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia) 9781847883117
SciFier: £108.49Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that... -
Uniforms Exposed: From Conformity to Transgression Jennifer Craik (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) 9781859738047
SciFier: £32.99There is nothing uniform about wearing a uniform. This one article of clothing has arguably had a greater impact on the world than any other. From fascists to fashionistas, Uniforms Exposed looks at... -
The Englishness of English Dress Christopher Breward (National Galleries of Scotland, UK) 9781859735282
RRP: £38.99SciFier: £36.68Is there a peculiarly English 'look' and if so how does one define it? From the 'traditional' dress of the Victorian rural working class through to the contemporary collections of Vivienne Westwood... -
Mob Culture: Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film Lee Grieveson 9781845203306
SciFier: £28.99The gangster is perhaps the most potent figure in American cinema. Yet film criticism has focused almost entirely on a few canonical films such as Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, and The Godfather... -
A History of Russian Cinema by Birgit Beumers
SciFier: £36.99Film emerged in pre-Revolutionary Russia to become the 'most important of all arts' for the new Bolshevik regime and its propaganda machine. The 1920s saw a flowering of film experimentation, notably... -
Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame Tereska Ciecko Anne 9781845202378
SciFier: £33.99Asia produces more films than any other part of the world. With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China,... -
The Latin American Fashion Reader Dr Regina Root 9781859738931
SciFier: £32.99Latin American fashion's recent gain in popularity can be seen most obviously in mass-market ranges throughout the industrialized West. From the tango-inspired dress of Argentina and guerrilla chic... -
Film: The Key Concepts Nitzan Ben-Shaul 9781845203665
SciFier: £24.49Film: The Key Concepts presents a coherent, clear and exciting overview of film theory for beginning readers. The book takes the reader through the often conflicting analyses that make up film... -
Fashioning the Body Politic: Dress, Gender, Citizenship Wendy Parkins 9781859735879
SciFier: £36.99With an afterword by Roger Griffin.Fashion is often thought of as a matter of personal taste, completely unconnected with the public domain of political life and citizenship. Overturning this... -
Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History Toby Slade 9781847882523
SciFier: £34.99Japanese Fashion examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan... -
Fashioning Models: Image, Text and Industry Dr Joanne Entwistle 9781847881557
SciFier: £112.99The fashion model's hold on popular consciousness is undeniable. How did models emerge as such powerful icons in modern consumer culture?This volume brings together cutting-edge articles on fashion... -
Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture Paul Hodkinson 9781859736050
SciFier: £31.99Goths represent one of the most arresting, distinctive and enduring subcultures of recent times. The dedication of those involved to a lifestyle which, from the outside, may appear dark and sinister,... -
Reconstructing Italian Fashion: America and the Development of the Italian Fashion Industry Nicola White 9781859733417
SciFier: £36.99Despite its long eclipse by Parisian couture, Italian fashion is now celebrated globally for the quality of its tailoring, fabric and design. But an Italian label was not always a yardstick for... -
The Fashion Doll: From Bebe Jumeau to Barbie Juliette Peers 9781859737439
SciFier: £36.99Feminists have argued that the Barbie doll perpetuates unrealistic standards of feminine beauty and undermines the credibility of women - that her long, slender plastic limbs and tiny waist fetishize... -
Body Dressing Dr Joanne Entwistle 9781859734445
SciFier: £36.99For some time now the body has been a central topic across a range of social science disciplines. Similarly, there has been a growing interest in the cultural meaning of clothing. But curiously, even... -
Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion Dr Geraldine Biddle-Perry (Central St Martins, London, UK) 9781845207922
SciFier: £40.99Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion explores the social importance of hair, wherever it grows, explaining the cultural significance of hair and hairiness, and presenting a new critical engagement with... -
A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century Jane Kromm 9781845204938
SciFier: £54.99A History of Visual Culture is a history of ideas. The recent explosion of interest in visual culture suggests the phenomenon is very recent. But visual culture has a history. Knowledge began to be... -
Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning Lidia D. Sciama 9781859739952
SciFier: £36.99Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in economic and ritual exchanges. Their popularity has never waned, and in recent years their trade has... -
The Hollywood Interviews John Flower 9781845204402
SciFier: £103.99"There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors." Francois Truffaut's famous statement defined a new way of seeing cinema as an art form and its directors as artists or auteurs. The... -
The Banham Lectures by Jeremy Aynsley (University of Brighton, UK)
SciFier: £87.19The Banham Lectures presents a series of essays by leading critics on art, design, architecture and culture. All are inspired by the revolutionary work of Reyner Banham, who continues to be one of... -
Fashion and Celebrity Culture Pamela Church Gibson 9781847883865
SciFier: £30.99The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the... -
Cotton by Professor Beverly Lemire
SciFier: £114.99This book explores the fascinating history and present-day practices associated with cotton. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise, of the ties and tensions between East and West, of... -
Chinese Fashion: From Mao to Now Juanjuan Wu 9781845207793
SciFier: £37.99How has fashion mirrored the social and cultural changes that have taken place in modern China? To what extent has fashion contributed to those changes? This book provides the first comprehensive... -
Fashion and the Consumer Jennifer Yurchisin 9781845207984
SciFier: £34.99This text introduces important concepts related to the consumption of fashion and clothing to beginning students. Designed to support teaching and learning, this book looks at the cultural and... -
The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion by Yuniya Kawamura (Fashion Institute of Technology, USA)
SciFier: £31.99Despite recent challenges from New York, London and Milan, Paris is renowned as the greatest fashion capital in the world. Its distinctive categorization of haute couture, demi-couture, and... -
Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema Prof Jo Fox (Durham University, UK) 9781859738962
SciFier: £35.99Propaganda - so crucial to winning the battle of hearts and minds in warfare - witnessed a transformation during World War II, when film was fast becoming the most popular form of entertainment. In... -
The Textile Book Jasbir Kaur 9781859735121
SciFier: £33.99Textiles are central to our lives and are at the heart of the world's largest industries. In recent years there has been a dynamic shift in attitudes toward textiles, fuelled in part by explosive... -
Surrealism and Cinema Michael Richardson 9781845202262
SciFier: £31.99Surrealism has long been recognised as having made a major contribution to film theory and practice, and many contemporary film-makers acknowledge its influence. Most of the critical literature,... -
When Clothes Become Fashion: Design and Innovation Systems Ingrid Loschek 9781847883674
SciFier: £112.99When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also economically relevant... -
When Clothes Become Fashion: Design and Innovation Systems Ingrid Loschek 9781847883667
SciFier: £34.99When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on... -
Mallarme on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Derniere Mode, with Commentary A. M. Cain 9781859737231
SciFier: £36.99In the later months of 1874, the great French poet, Stephane Mallarme, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project - the publication of a fashion magazine (La Derniere Mode) that he almost... -
Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset Leigh Summers 9781859735107
SciFier: £38.99Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired more passionate debate than any other article of clothing. As a means of body... -
Fashion and Music Janice Miller 9781847884138
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £29.99The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity,... -
Performance, Fashion and the Modern Interior: From the Victorians to Today Fiona Fisher (Kingston University, UK) 9781847887818
SciFier: £57.99Performance, Fashion and the Modern Interior examines the interior as a stage upon which modern life and lifestyles are consciously fashioned and performed, and from which modern identities are... -
Contemporary Jewellers: Interviews with European Artists Professor Roberta Bernabei 9781845207700
SciFier: £41.99This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the... -
Visual Impact: Culture and the Meaning of Images Terence Wright 9781859734735
RRP: £43.99SciFier: £40.26From the office to domestic interiors to shops, images surround us in modern life. The internet has increased this visual onslaught exponentially. Is there a systematic order to this seemingly... -
Fashion and Celebrity Culture Pamela Church Gibson 9781847883858
SciFier: £114.99The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the... -
Film World: The Directors' Interviews Julie Rose 9781845204587
SciFier: £41.49Film World brings together key interviews with cinema's leading directors. The directors chosen represent many of the most influential film-makers of the last 50 years. All have been selected because... -
Teen Film: A Critical Introduction Catherine Driscoll 9781847886866
SciFier: £35.99What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant?Teen film is usually...