Identities through fashion [[electronic resource] ] : a multidisciplinary approach / / edited by Ana Marta Gonzalez and Laura Bovone

• Autore: González Ana Marta <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg Publishers, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 746.9/2
• Soggetto topico: Fashion - Psychological aspects; Fashion design; Identity (Psychology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BovoneLaura
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; PART I: FASHION AND IDENTITY; 2 The Modern Western Fashion Pattern, Its Functions and Relationship to Identity; 3 Fashion, Image, Identity; 4 Identity and Intersubjectivity; PART II: FASHION AS COMMUNICATION; 5 Fashion, Identity and Social Actors; 6 The Proliferation of Fashion and the Decline of Its Code of Meanings; 7 How Successful Is Communication via Clothing? Thoughts and Evidence on an Unexamined Paradigm; 8 Adolescence: Identity, Fashion and Narcissism; PART III: FASHION, IMAGE AND HEALTH ; 9 Fashion, Lifestyle and Psychiatry10 The Impact of the Term 'Fashion' on Medical and Psychiatric Literature; 11 Strong Fashion and Weak Identity: A Necessary Association?; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines, now that the rules, once tightly fixed, have been deconstructed. This volume brings together academics from various disciplines - philosophy, sociology, medicine, anthropology, psychology and psychiatry - to examine fashion's complex relationship with post-industrial societies. Herein the authors address, from the standpoint of their respective disciplines, what crucial functions fashion fulfils in the modern world, especially as it relates to the construction and deconstruction of the self. This volume is the result
• Titolo autorizzato: Identities through fashion
• ISBN: 0-85785-119-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463105203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II