Until recently, fashion was considered the "F-word" in intellectual
circles, dismissed as unworthy of serious attention. Yet no area of
life, no individual moment, stands outside fashion's discourses.
Intuitively, we all know that clothing is a language, incessesantly
communicating messages about its wearer. But who speaks this
language, to whom it is addressed, what does it mean, and how are
its meanings established and tranformed? On Fashion explores the
ways our material, political, psychological, sexual, even
intellectual lives are woven into fashion's fabric. This
stimulating collection of essays explores fashion's symbolic and
figurative functions in photography, cinema, and video; in
consumerism, postmodernism, and feminism; in political and material
culture; and in self-definition and subjectivity. They demonstrate
the pervasive reach of fashion and its expressions. The collection
contains over sixty photographs and illustrations and includes
essays by Barbara Brodman, Mary Ann Caws, Helene Cixous, Linda Benn
DeLibero, Diana Fuss, Cheryl Herr, Karla Jay, Deborah Jenson,
Douglas Kellner, Ingeborg Majer O'Sickey, Leslie W. Rabine, Andrew
Ross, Sonia Rykiel, Carol Shloss, Kaja Silverman, Maureen Turim,
and Iris Marion Young.
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