Fashion in popular culture : literature, media and contemporary studies / edited by Joseph H. Hancock II, Toni Johnson-Woods, and Vicki Karaminas.
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TextPublication details: Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2013.Description: xviii, 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781841507163 (pbk.)
- 1841507164 (pbk.)
- 746.9 HAN
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When we open our closet doors each morning, we seldom consider what our sartorial choices say, whether we tend toward jeans and a well-worn concert t-shirt or wingtips and a three-piece suit. Yet, how we dress divulges more than whether we crave comfort or couture; our clothing communicates who we are and how we relate to our culture. But how does a Balenciaga bag or a tough leather jacket topped by liberty spikes signify these things?
Fashion in Popular Culture considers this question. Combining fashion theory with approaches from literature, art, advertising, music, media studies, material studies, and sociology, contributors from across Europe, Australia, and the United States consider the function of fashion within popular culture. Fashion, they show, has the capacity to both influence and be influenced by popular culture, and its meaning is also contingent upon context. Chapters in the book cover both historical and contemporary concerns, addressing a variety of other questions, including the role fashion plays in subcultures.
For students and scholars of fashion and popular culture--or anyone fascinated by what clothing can convey-- Fashion in Popular Culture offers an engaging, interdisciplinary analysis.
Drexel University, Antoinette Wesphal College of Media Arts & Design--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brand this way : Lady Gaga\'s fashion as storytelling context to the GLBT community / Joseph H. Hancock, II -- Navigating cultural anxiety : strategic ambiguity in Lisbeth Salander\'s style-fashion-dress / Susan B. Kaiser -- Australian gothic : Black light angels, appearance, and subcultural style / Vicki Karaminas -- Fashionable addiction : the path to heroic chic / Alphonso D. McClendon -- Dames and design : fashion and appearance on pulp fiction covers, 1950-1960 / Toni Johnson-Woods -- Territories of knowledge and nostalgia in modern fashion designer life writing / Ilya Parkins -- Looking for Mr. Benson : the black leather motorcycle jacket and narratives of masculinities / Marvin J. Taylor -- Fashion photography, phallocentrism, and feminist critique / Louise Wallenbert -- He can\'t love me if I\'m ugly: the recurring theme of popular beauty in the television soap opera Days of our lives / Andrew Reilly and Nancy A. Rudd -- Redressing the devil\'s wardrobe : representing and re-reading the darker side of fashion in chick lit novels / Anne Peirsono-Smith -- Redeeming the voices of reform / Patricia A. Cunningham -- The language of luxury in eighteenth-century France / Paula von Wachenfeldt -- The devil of fashion : women, fashion, and the nation in early-twentieth-century German and Swedish cultural magazines / Andrea Kollnitz -- Rome : eternal city of fashion and film / Eugenia Paulicelli.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- Introduction (p. ix)
- List of Figures (p. xvii)
- Fashion in Contemporary Culture
- Chapter 1 Brand This Way: Lady Gaga's Fashion as Storytelling Context to the GLBT Community (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 Navigating Cultural Anxiety: Strategic Ambiguity in Lisbeth Salander's Style-Fashion-Dress (p. 23)
- Chapter 3 Australian Gothic: Black Light Angels, Appearance, and Subcultural Style (p. 49)
- Chapter 4 Fashionable Addiction: The Path to Heroin Chic (p. 67)
- Fashion in Media and Literature
- Chapter 5 Dames and Design: Fashion and Appearance on Pulp Fiction Covers, 1950-1960 (p. 87)
- Chapter 6 Territories of Knowledge and Nostalgia in Modern Fashion Designer Life Writing (p. 103)
- Chapter 7 Looking for Mr. Benson: The Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket and Narratives of Masculinities (p. 121)
- Chapter 8 Fashion Photography, Phallocentrism, and Feminist Critique (p. 135)
- Chapter 9 'He Can't Love Me if I'm Ugly': The Recurring Theme of Popular Beauty in the Television Soap Opera Days of Our Lives (p. 155)
- Chapter 10 Redressing the Devil's Wardrobe: Representing and Re-Reading the Darker Side of Fashion in Chick Lit Novels (p. 171)
- Fashion in Historical Context
- Chapter 11 Redeeming the Voices of Reform (p. 191)
- Chapter 12 The Language of Luxury in Eighteenth-Century France (p. 207)
- Chapter 13 The Devil of Fashion: Women, Fashion, and the Nation in Early-Twentieth-Century German and Swedish Cultural Magazines (p. 225)
- Chapter 14 Rome: Eternal City of Fashion and Film (p. 243)
- List of Contributors (p. 259)
- Index (p. 267)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Joseph H. Hancock, II, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Drexel University in the Department of Fashion, Product, Design Merchandising. He has a twenty-year retailing background having worked for The Gap Corporation, The Limited, Inc., and the Target Corporation. He has published many scholarly works and continues to do consulting for retail and merchandising firms across the globe.Toni Johnson-Woods, PhD, has written books on television, popular fiction and comics; she is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Vicki Karaminas, PhD, has written several books on fashion and is the co-editor of the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture with Toni Johnson-Woods. She is Associate Professor of Fashion Studies and the Associate Head of the School of Design at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and the President and Chair of Fashion for the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand.