Sophie Woodward

Why Women Wear What They Wear

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. This book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions-observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity. It provides students of anthropology and fashion with a fresh perspective on the social issues and constraints.

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Produktdetails

• Materializing Culture
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781845206994
• ISBN-10: 1845206991
• Artikelnr.: 23134970

Autorenporträt

Sophie Woodward is Lecturer at University College for the Creative Arts, and Nottingham Trent School of Art and Design Research Associate.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Understanding Women and their Wardrobes. Chapter 2:
Hanging Out in the Home and the Bedroom. Chapter 3: But What Were You
Wearing? Clothes and Memories. Chapter 4: Looking Good, Feeling Right: The
Aesthetics of Getting Dressed. Chapter 5: Looking in the Mirror: Seeing and
Being Seen. Chapter 6: Mothers, Daughters, Friends: Dressing in
Relationships. Chapter 7: Fashion: Making and Breaking the Rules. Chapter
8: Dressing up and Dressing Down: Can you Wear Jeans? Conclusion.