Fashion and Music

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fashion and Music
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Janice Miller
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreHistory of fashion
Music
ISBN/Barcode 9781847884138
ClassificationsDewey:391.009
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 15 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publication Date 1 July 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity, taste and consumption. Using a range of historical and contemporary examples, this book uncovers the way in which fashion and music have worked to shape contemporary attitudes to bodies and identities. Focusing on performers as much as fans, on the mainstream as much as the underground, Fashion and Music provides a lens through which to examine themes of gender, sexuality, ageing and youth, ethnicity, body image, consumer culture, fandom and postmodernity.

Author Biography

Janice Miller is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies at the London College of Fashion.

Reviews

This book is not only entertaining, but also informative. Miller presents a current perspective on various aspects of popular music in one easy to read book, which I plan to use in the classroom. * Jessica Strubel, School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management, University of North Texas *