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Thinking Through Fashion
A Guide to Key Theorists
Series: Dress Cultures
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A vital update to the definitive guide to fashion and cultural theory, featuring four new chapters and essential revisions throughout in light of key developments in fashion and fashion studies. Across 19 major thinkers from the 19th to the 21st century, the second edition of this...
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A vital update to the definitive guide to fashion and cultural theory. Features four new chapters and essential revisions throughout in light of key developments in fashion and fashion studies.
A vital update to the definitive guide to fashion and cultural theory. Features four new chapters and essential revisions throughout in light of key developments in fashion and fashion studies.
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A vital update to the definitive guide to fashion and cultural theory, featuring four new chapters and essential revisions throughout in light of key developments in fashion and fashion studies.
Across 19 major thinkers from the 19th to the 21st century, the second edition of this comprehensive collection introduces readers to the process of thinking through rich cultural fields such as fashion with the help of social and cultural theory, and thinking through social and cultural theory with the help of fashion. Each chapter guides you through the work of a major thinker and considers their historical context, the role of fashion within their theory, how their theoretical frameworks apply to contemporary fashion studies, and the strengths and limitations of their approach.
Featuring new chapters on key theorists Edward Said, bell hooks, Frantz Fanon and W.E.B. Du Bois, this new edition prepares readers to question and diversify the field of fashion. A revised introduction resituates theories in relation to each other and reflects on changing approaches to fashion studies, while revisions to existing chapters equip readers with the most up-to-date critical perspectives and developments in fashion and fashion theory.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350376519
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Edition: 2nd edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Anneke Smelik
- Edited by Dr Agnès Rocamora
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 520g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Agnès Rocamora is a Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK. She has published widely in the field of fashion.
Anneke Smelik is Professor Emerita of Visual Culture at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. She is co-editor of Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty.
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