The Fashion Reader

Name: The Fashion Reader
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781350059139
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The Fashion Reader is a comprehensive collection of 76 influential articles curated by Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun, offering deep insights into the critical theories and conversations shaping the vast international fashion industry. The essays, sourced from books, journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues, provide a rich grounding in the history, business, and culture of fashion. This third edition features 14 chapters written especially for it, with new emphasis on sustainability, identity, the body, and global perspectives such as "The Commodification of Ethnicity" and "The Cultural Heritage of Tattooing." Each of the fifteen thematic parts is introduced and concluded with editorial guidance and further reading suggestions, inviting readers into the interdisciplinary world of fashion studies.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for students, scholars, and professionals engaged in fashion studies or related fields such as cultural studies, business, and art. It suits readers seeking a critical, interdisciplinary examination of fashion's historical and contemporary issues, including sustainability and identity within a global context.

"Brings together 75+ essential writings on fashion history, business and culture with contextualizing editorial introductions and annotated further reading"--

Brings together 75+ essential writings on fashion history, business and culture with contextualizing editorial introductions and annotated further reading.

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In The Fashion Reader, Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun have selected 76 influential articles to offer insight into the critical theories and conversations that surround this huge international industry.

Many of the essays are drawn from books, journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues, bringing together new and established concepts to offer a solid grounding in the history, business, and culture of fashion. Fourteen of the chapters were written expressly for this edition.

For added context, each of the fifteen parts has an introduction from the editors, guiding you through the interdisciplinary world of fashion studies, and each part concludes with suggestions for further reading.

This third edition has been substantially revised to highlight issues of sustainability, identity, the body, as well as global perspectives from “The Commodification of Ethnicity” to “The Cultural Heritage of Tattooing.”

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Praised for its engaging and interdisciplinary approach, The Fashion Reader unpacks the global fashion system by weaving together insights from economics, psychology, geography, politics, art, culture, and business. It offers fresh perspectives on key fashion study concepts like time, place, identity, and globalization. Critics highlight it as both a panoramic and invaluable resource, blending current and classic texts that cover history, cultural identity, gender, and the business and marketing of fashion. It is recognised as an excellent introduction and a significant contribution to advancing fashion studies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350059139

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 December 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 100 bw illus

Contributors:

Edited by Linda Welters
Edited by Abby Lillethun

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 1280g

Pages: 552

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Linda Welters is Professor of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design at the University of Rhode Island, USA. She is the editor of the Bloomsbury series “Textiles That Changed the World.” Abby Lillethun is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University, USA. She co-authored Fashion History: A Global View (2018) with Linda Welters.