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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463111003321

Titolo

Fashioning models [[electronic resource] ] : image, text and industry / / edited by Joanne Entwistle and Elizabeth Wissinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Berg, 2012

ISBN

0-85785-311-2

0-85785-310-4

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EntwistleJoanne

WissingerElizabeth

Disciplina

338.4/774692

Soggetti

Models (Persons)

Fashion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Models as Brands: Critical Thinking about Bodies and Images; PART I; 3 From Artist's Model to the 'Natural Girl': Containing Sexuality in Early-Twentieth-Century Modelling; 4 'Giving Coloured Sisters a Superficial Equality': Re-Modelling African American Womanhood in Early Postwar America; 5 Fashion Modelling in Australia; 6 Performing Dreams: A Counter-History of Models as Glamour's Embodiment; PART II; 7 The Figure of the Model and Reality TV

8 Made in Japan: Fashion Modelling in Tokyo9 Modelling Consumption: Fashion Modelling Work in Contemporary Society; 10 Fashion Modelling: The Industry Perspective; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents a cutting-edge examination of modelling through race, class and gender, as well as its structure as an aesthetic marketplace within the global fashion economy. Accessible and highly engaging, Fashioning Models is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and related disciplines.