Fashion, Culture, and Identity
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226138089 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 233 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Predicting what people will wear becomes a risky gamble when the link between private self and public persona can be so unstable.. What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Western culture? How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes—and what they can do to us.Much of what we assume to be individual preference, Davis shows, really reflects deeper social and cultural forces. Ours is an ambivalent social world, characterized by tensions over gender roles, social status, and the exp
For academics not the layperson I just wanted to offer an alternative viewpoint to P.Campbell's review. What they say is correct, in that there is a lot of academic language in this book, but I think only to a degree that is appropriate to the level the book is aimed at.The book refers to the 'dialectic' of fashion, there's a lot of 'mediating the body' etc, and true, Mr Davis does use the word 'apercu', which I will admit is nearly unforgiveable, when 'perception' would have do. "Good recommended reading for a fashion course" according to Jordan Phillips. Anyone who loves studying about fashion will enjoy this book. It presents and comments on the major fashion theories, and it is not overly academic. I definitely recommend it!. Good information, but boring to read Louise Schubert This book is a psychologist's dream, but not so much for those who are interested in finding a fashion identity or making a fashion statement.
This book is a good basis for further reading, but lay readers will need handy access to an unabridged dictionary to cope with the scholarly language. of California-San Diego) discusses several intriguing theories about fashion's social and psychological significance in modern culture. From Library Journal Davis (emeritus professor of sociology, Univ. Libs., Bowling GreenCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. For academic and specialized collections.- Therese D. . What makes clothes fashion; how fashions evolve; how fashion choices express social status, gender identity, sexuality, and conformity; and how fashion is (or is not) accepted are all di