Brian Moeran

The Magic of Fashion

Ritual, Commodity, Glamour

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on 20 years of ethnographic fieldwork and anthropological theory, anthropologist Brian Moeran argues that fashion magazines are able to cast a spell over their readers by using practices and rituals found in age-old magical and religious rites.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781629583723
• ISBN-10: 1629583723
• Artikelnr.: 42959503

Autorenporträt

Brian Moeran

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: First Look: Fashion's Siamese Twins Chapter 2: Points of View
Chapter 3: A Word from Your Editor: Affording the Fashion Magazine Chapter
4: Theoretical Bling: Ensemblages of Enchantment, Masters of Illusion
Chapter 5: People Are Talking About... Chapter 6: In every Issue: Women at
the Masthead, Balancing Acts, and Custard Journalism Chapter 7: Magical
System: Performing Magic Chapter 8: Shamans and Spells: A Pared-down
Aesthetic Chapter 9: Beauty Mantras: Horsey Chic and Enchanting
Technologies Chapter 10: Mane Charms: Sexy Hair and Scented Apes Chapter
11: Smellbound Alchemy: OMG! Or Eau My God! Chapter 12: Last Word
References Index