The dressed society : clothing, the body and some meanings of the world

The dressed society : clothing, the body and some meanings of the world / Peter Corrigan.

Peter Corrigan demonstrates how dress shapes and is shaped by social processes and phenomena such as beauty, time, the body the gift exchange, class, gender and religion.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corrigan, Peter, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, ©2008.
Series:Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
2000-2099
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Clothing and dress > History > 21st century.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
Clothing and dress
Clothing and dress > Social aspects
Kläder > mode > genus > historia.
Etnicitet.
Identitet.
Klasstillhörighet.
Kläder > sociala aspekter.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Dress in the sensory world
  • The dangers of dress : utopian critiques
  • More than the times of our lives : dress and temporality
  • The fabricated body : a new history
  • Gift, circulation and exchange I : clothing in the family
  • Gift, circulation and exchange II : clothing and fashion in cyberspace
  • Conclusion: A hermeneutics of dress.

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