The Fashioned Body: An Introduction

by Joanne Entwistle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745620078
• ISBN13: 9780745620077
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"