Identities through fashion : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Ana Marta Gonzalez and Laura Bovone.

By:

González, Ana Marta, 1969-

Contributor(s):

Bovone, Laura

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2012.Description: xvi, 206 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

085785058X (pbk.)
9780857850584 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

391 GON

Summary: With the triumph of a fashion milieu in which once tightly fixed rules have been deconstructed and most anything goes, fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines. This volume thus intends to bring together academics from various disciplines - philosophy, sociology, medicine, anthropology, psychology and psychiatry - to examine fashion\'s complex relationship with post-industrial societies. Herein the authors seek to address, from the standpoint of their respective disciplines, what crucial functions fashion is fulfilling in the modern world, especially as it relates to the construction and deconstruction of the self.This volume is the result of an Experts Meeting held by the Social Trends Institute at which the authors presented original papers that were then revised in light of the meeting discussion. The Social Trends Institute is a non-profit research center that offers institutional and financial support to academics in all fields who seek to make sense of emerging social trends and their effects on human communities. STI focuses its research on four subject areas: family, bioethics, culture and lifestyles, and corporate governance-- Provided by publisher.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines, now that the rules, once tightly fixed, have been deconstructed. This volume brings together academics from various disciplines - philosophy, sociology, medicine, anthropology, psychology and psychiatry - to examine fashion's complex relationship with post-industrial societies. Herein the authors address, from the standpoint of their respective disciplines, what crucial functions fashion fulfils in the modern world, especially as it relates to the construction and deconstruction of the self.

This volume is the result of a conference held by the Social Trends Institute at which the authors presented original papers. The Social Trends Institute is a non-profit research centre that offers institutional and financial support to academics in all fields who research and explore emerging social trends and their effects on human communities. The Institute focuses its research on four main subject areas: family, bioethics, culture and lifestyles, and corporate governance.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

With the triumph of a fashion milieu in which once tightly fixed rules have been deconstructed and most anything goes, fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines. This volume thus intends to bring together academics from various disciplines - philosophy, sociology, medicine, anthropology, psychology and psychiatry - to examine fashion\'s complex relationship with post-industrial societies. Herein the authors seek to address, from the standpoint of their respective disciplines, what crucial functions fashion is fulfilling in the modern world, especially as it relates to the construction and deconstruction of the self.This volume is the result of an Experts Meeting held by the Social Trends Institute at which the authors presented original papers that were then revised in light of the meeting discussion. The Social Trends Institute is a non-profit research center that offers institutional and financial support to academics in all fields who seek to make sense of emerging social trends and their effects on human communities. STI focuses its research on four subject areas: family, bioethics, culture and lifestyles, and corporate governance-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements (p. vii)
About the Contributors (p. ix)
Preface (p. xv)
1 Introduction (p. 1)
Part I Fashion and Identity
2 The Modern Western Fashion Pattern, Its Functions and Relationship to Identity (p. 9)
3 Fashion, Image, Identity (p. 23)
4 Identity and Intersubjectivity (p. 48)
Part II Fashion as Communication
5 Fashion, Identity and Social Actors (p. 67)
6 The Proliferation of Fashion and the Decline of Its Code of Meanings (p. 94)
7 How Successful Is Communication via Clothing? Thoughts and Evidence on an Unexamined Paradigm (p. 109)
8 Adolescence: Identity, Fashion and Narcissism (p. 138)
Part III Fashion, Image and Health
9 Fashion, Lifestyle and Psychiatry (p. 159)
10 The Impact of the Term 'Fashion on Medical and Psychiatric Literature (p. 179)
11 Strong Fashion and Weak Identity: A Necessary Association? (p. 186)
Notes (p. 197)
Index (p. 203)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ana Marta Gonzalez is Director of the "Culture and Lifestyles" branch of the Social Trends Institute, and Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director of the "Emotional Culture and Identity" research project at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
Laura Bovone is a professor in Sociology of Communication, Director of the Centro per lo studio della moda e della produzione culturale and the Master's program "Comunicazione per le industrie culturali" at the Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy.