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For the contributors to In Fashion: Culture, Commerce, Craft, and Identity being “in fashion” is about self-presentation; defining how fashion is presented in the visual, written, and performing arts; and about design, craft, manufacturing, packaging, marketing and archives. The book’s international cast of authors engage “in” fashion from various disciplinary, professional, and creative perspectives; i.e., anthropology, archaeology, art history, cultural studies, design, environmental studies, fashion studies, history, international relations, literature, marketing, philosophy, sociology, technology, and theatre.
In Fashion has five sections:
• Fashioning Representations: Texts, Images, and Performances;
• Fashionable: Shopping, Luxury, and Vintage;
• Fashion’s Materials: Craft, Industry, and Innovation;
• Museum Worthy: Fashion and the Archive;
• Fashioning Cultural Identities: Case Studies.
In Fashion has five sections:
• Fashioning Representations: Texts, Images, and Performances;
• Fashionable: Shopping, Luxury, and Vintage;
• Fashion’s Materials: Craft, Industry, and Innovation;
• Museum Worthy: Fashion and the Archive;
• Fashioning Cultural Identities: Case Studies.
For the contributors to In Fashion: Culture, Commerce, Craft, and Identity being “in fashion” is about self-presentation; defining how fashion is presented in the visual, written, and performing arts; and about design, craft, manufacturing, packaging, marketing and archives. The book’s internatio...
About the author
Jacque Lynn Foltyn, Ph.D., (1989, UCSD), is Professor of Sociology, National University, La Jolla, California. She has published widely in the fields of fashion, popular culture, and death studies, and is editor of Fashions: Exploring Fashions through Cultures; Crafting Allure, and Fashion-Wise.
Laura Petican, Ph.D. (2010, Jacobs University Bremen), is Associate Professor of Art History and Director of University Galleries at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She has published widely in the fields of post-war and contemporary Italian art and fashion studies.
Laura Petican, Ph.D. (2010, Jacobs University Bremen), is Associate Professor of Art History and Director of University Galleries at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She has published widely in the fields of post-war and contemporary Italian art and fashion studies.
Jacque Lynn Foltyn, Ph.D., (1989, UCSD), is Professor of Sociology, National University, La Jolla, California. She has published widely in the fields of fashion, popular culture, and death studies, and is editor of Fashions: Exploring Fashions through Cultures; Crafting Allure, and Fashion-Wise. ...
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