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The Clothed Body: v. 33 (Dress, Bo... by Calefato, Patrizia Paperback / softback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 1859738052
- EAN
- 9781859738054
- Date of Publication
- 2004-06-01
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Clothed Body: v. 33 (Dress, Body, Culture)
- Artist
- Calefato, Patrizia
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1859738052
ISBN-13
9781859738054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30863618
Product Key Features
Book Title
Clothed Body
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Fashion & Accessories, Anthropology / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Social Science
Book Series
Dress, Body, Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-006547
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'If you like semitoics, you will love this....The author provides vivid examples to ponder from history, from popular culture, especially from film, and from her own personal experience and observation.' Textiles Magazine, 'If you like semitoics, you will love this....The author provides vivid examples to ponder from history, from popular culture, especially from film, and from her own personal experience and observation.'Textiles Magazine
Dewey Decimal
391
Table Of Content
Dress, Language and Communication * Dress and Social Identity * Style and Styles between Fashion and the Grotesque * Taste between Common Sense and Received Meaning * Writing the Body * Men's Bodies, Women's Bodies * Everyday Models * The Face and the Gaze * Degree Zero of Fashion and the Body: The Model, the Nude and the Doll * Fashion and the World * Fashion and Cinema * Wearing Black * Fashion and Music * Time * Fashion Intertexts * Objects
Synopsis
Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosophies.From tattoos and mini-skirts, to skin decoration, makeup and hair, Calefato unpicks the multiple functions of modern dress. Exploring intriguing commonalities - for example, between tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC and modern subcultural styles - Calefato considers the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play in what she aptly labels 'body cartography'. What we wear is a vehicle for the (often contentious) expression of politics, gender and identity, placing clothing at the root of a complex set of messages, many of which are paradoxical. Clothing may, for example, liberate through the pleasures of masquerade and at the same time 'cage' or control the body. The Clothed Body shows how semiotics can provide a convincing template for understanding dress in a wide range of contexts and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of what we wear., Translated by Lisa Adams Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosophies. From tattoos and mini-skirts, to skin decoration, makeup and hair, Calefato unpicks the multiple functions of modern dress. Exploring intriguing commonalities - for example, between tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC and modern subcultural styles - Calefato considers the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play in what she aptly labels 'body cartography'. What we wear is a vehicle for the (often contentious) expression of politics, gender and identity, placing clothing at the root of a complex set of messages, many of which are paradoxical. Clothing may, for example, liberate through the pleasures of masquerade and at the same time 'cage' or control the body. The Clothed Body shows how semiotics can provide a convincing template for understanding dress in a wide range of contexts and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of what we wear.
LC Classification Number
GT525
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- e***g (609)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat transaction, A+ ebayer!
- 4***i (77)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood book! Thanks!
- l***u (23)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem was obviously used, so wasn’t too sure that very good fit because there was a bit of curling at the edge. Package was wrapped securely and mailed quickly. Being as this was the only first edition of this out of print that I could find anywhere, I consider the price and condition completely reasonable and would not complain!