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Dress and Ideology: Fashioning Identity from Antiquity to the Present
Shoshana-R Stiebel
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Description for Dress and Ideology: Fashioning Identity from Antiquity to the Present
Paperback. Editor(s): Marzel, Shoshana-Rose; Stiebel, Guy D. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
Dress and fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies. Chapters are organized thematically and explore dress in relation to topics including nation, identity, religion, politics ... Read more
Dress and fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies. Chapters are organized thematically and explore dress in relation to topics including nation, identity, religion, politics ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472529343
SKU
V9781472529343
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About Shoshana-R Stiebel
Shoshana-Rose Marzel is Lecturer of Historical and theoretical aspects of fashion at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Guy D. Stiebel is a senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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