The Fashioned Body : Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory by Joanne Entwistle read MOBI, TXT, EPUB
9780745620077 English 0745620078 Arizona was the last continental state to enter the Union. Arizona Trivia is full of fun facts about this young state. Approximately how many rounds of golf were played in Phoenix in 2000? And what are the deepest and widest points of the Grand Canyon? (Answers: 11 million; 6,000 vertical feet, and 18 miles wide.) This book is the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the Grand Canyon State., The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. The book gives a clear summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society, and examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sexuality.In examining fashion in relation to the body, the book offers a much needed synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress, which has tended to ignore the body, and the sociology of the body, which has tended to marginalize fashion and dress. Entwistle shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture - since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters. She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west, all cultures 'dress' the body in the same way, making it a crucial feature of social order. Drawing on the work of Douglas, Foucault, Merleau-Ponty, Goffman and Bourdieu, the book offers insights into the connections that need to be made between the body, fashion and dress, arguing for an account of fashion and dress as 'situated bodily practice'.The Fashioned Body will be an invaluable resource for students and academics interested in the social role of fashion and dress in modern culture and will also be of interest to students and researchers in the areas of consumption, cultural studies, gender studies and feminist theory., The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. The book offers a summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society, and examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sexuality. In examining fashion in relation to the body, the book offers a synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress, which has tended to ignore the body, and the sociology of the body, which has tended to marginalise fashion and dress. Joanne Entwistle shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture - since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters. She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west, all cultures dress the body in the same way, making it a crucial feature of social order.
9780745620077 English 0745620078 Arizona was the last continental state to enter the Union. Arizona Trivia is full of fun facts about this young state. Approximately how many rounds of golf were played in Phoenix in 2000? And what are the deepest and widest points of the Grand Canyon? (Answers: 11 million; 6,000 vertical feet, and 18 miles wide.) This book is the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the Grand Canyon State., The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. The book gives a clear summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society, and examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sexuality.In examining fashion in relation to the body, the book offers a much needed synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress, which has tended to ignore the body, and the sociology of the body, which has tended to marginalize fashion and dress. Entwistle shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture - since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters. She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west, all cultures 'dress' the body in the same way, making it a crucial feature of social order. Drawing on the work of Douglas, Foucault, Merleau-Ponty, Goffman and Bourdieu, the book offers insights into the connections that need to be made between the body, fashion and dress, arguing for an account of fashion and dress as 'situated bodily practice'.The Fashioned Body will be an invaluable resource for students and academics interested in the social role of fashion and dress in modern culture and will also be of interest to students and researchers in the areas of consumption, cultural studies, gender studies and feminist theory., The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. The book offers a summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society, and examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body, gender and sexuality. In examining fashion in relation to the body, the book offers a synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress, which has tended to ignore the body, and the sociology of the body, which has tended to marginalise fashion and dress. Joanne Entwistle shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture - since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters. She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west, all cultures dress the body in the same way, making it a crucial feature of social order.