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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155076403321

Autore

Buckley Cheryl <1956->

Titolo

Fashion and everyday life : London and New York / / Cheryl Buckley and Hazel Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, , 2020

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-84788-959-X

1-4742-7312-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

391.009421/0904

Soggetti

Clothing and dress - Social aspects - England - London - History - 20th century

Clothing and dress - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century

Fashion - Social aspects - England - London - History - 20th century

Fashion - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century

City and town life - England - London - History - 20th century

City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century

History of fashion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

London and New York : clothing the city -- Street walking -- Dreams to reality -- Dressing up -- Dressing down -- Going out -- Showing off.

Sommario/riassunto

"Taking cultural theorist Michel de Certeau's notion of 'the everyday' as a critical starting point, this book considers how fashion shapes and is shaped by everyday life. Looking historically for the imprint of fashion within everyday routines such as going to work or shopping, or in leisure activities like dancing, the book identifies the 'fashion system of the ordinary', in which clothing has a distinct role in the making of self and identity. Exploring the period from 1890 to 2010, the study is located in London and New York, cities that emerged as as socially, ethnically and culturally diverse, as well as increasingly fashionable.



The book re-focuses fashion discourse away from well-trodden, power-laden dynamics, towards a re-evaluation of time, memory, and above all history, and their relationship to fashion and everyday life. The importance of place and space - and issues of gender, race and social class - provides the broader framework, revealing fashion as both routine and exceptional, and as an increasingly significant part of urban life. By focusing on key themes such as clothing the city, what is worn on the streets, the imagining and performing of multiple identities by dressing up and down, going out, and showing off, Fashion and Everyday Life makes a unique contribution to the literature of fashion studies, fashion history, cultural studies, and beyond."--