Is fashion a woman's right? / Carolyn Beckingham.
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TextPublication details: Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2005.Description: ix, 276 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1845190777 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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This book addresses the evidence for the widespread belief that enjoyment of fashion is necessarily inconsistent with feminist values, from a feminist (as opposed to a post-feminist) point of view. It begins by establishing that many feminists in fact hold this belief and argues that disagreeing does not mean claiming that feminism was unnecessary or that it is now rendered redundant by changing social mores. The author describes the historical background as applied to both men's and women's clothing in various cultures, including close reading of the function of clothes in the novels of the Bronte sisters, Thackeray and Dickens, through to the use of fashion as a call to arms for the early feminists, as well as later theorists like Susan Sontag and Naomi Wolf. Issues of personal freedom and political correctness, the claims that fashion makes women sex objects for men, and the charge that the subject is too trivial to merit serious discussion, are all challenged. Allegations of links between fashio
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.
The case against fashion -- How did we get here? -- What happened to men? -- Two kinds of freedom -- Who are we trying to please? -- Do appearances matter? : Hunt the symbol ; Caution-- these words are loaded! -- The ultimate attack: fashion as pornography -- Dress as ritual -- What next?.