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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age
Hardback
Main Details
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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Professor Alexandra Palmer
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| Series | The Cultural Histories Series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 169 |
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| Category/Genre | Fashion design and theory
History of fashion |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780857856029
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| Classifications | Dewey:391.009 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
101 bw illus
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2018 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while the speed of global production and circulation has become ever faster and more complex. Running in tandem, the development of artificial fibres has revolutionized the composition of clothing, and the increased focus on youth, sexuality, and the body has radically changed its design. From the 1920s flapper dress to debates over the burkini, fashion has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues. Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources and illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.
Author Biography
Alexandra Palmer is the Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Senior Curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. She also teaches at the University of Toronto.
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