Clothing may not make the man (or woman), but it helps. How
clothing as a vestige and artifact and as transmitter of identity
moves from one use to another, from one fantasy to another fad,
from one literary source to another visual one: these are the
concerns of the essays in this volume. The second in a four-part
series charting the social, cultural, and political expression of
clothing, dress, and accessories, Exchanging Clothes focuses on the
concept of transnational "circulation and exchange"-not only the
global exchange of material commodities across time and space but
also of the ideas, images, colors, and textures related to fashion.
Essays examine the parade of heroes past, from Homer and Virgil to
Dante and Ariosto, wearing armor or nothing; the social power of a
tie or of a safety pin sprung from punk fashion to the red carpet;
a Midwestern thrift store, from cheap labor to cheap purchase, as a
microcosm of global circulation; and lesbian pulp fiction as
how-to-dress manuals. Whether looking at Kate Chopin's silk
stockings, Nellie Bly's capacious bag, Audrey Hepburn's
cross-Atlantic travels, rings in James Merrill's poetry, or
feminine ornaments in Algeria, these essays offer an ever-expanding
vision of how fashion moves through culture and the economy,
reflecting and determining identity at every stage and turn of the
transaction. Contributors: Nello Barile, IULM U, Milan; Vittoria C.
Caratozzolo, Sapienza, U of Rome; Alisia Grace Chase, SUNY,
Brockport; Chafika Dib-Marouf, Jules Verne U, Picardie; Anne
Hollander; Mariuccia Mandelli (Krizia); Andrea Mariani, Gabriele
d'Annunzio U, Chieti-Pescara; Katalin Medvedev, U of Georgia; Laura
Montani; Karen Reimer; Cristina Scatamacchia, U of Perugia.
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