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Title: CLOTHING AS MATERIAL CULTURE
By: Daniel Miller (Editor), Susanne Kuchler (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £95.00


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ISBN 10: 1845200667
ISBN 13: 9781845200664
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 1 March, 2005
Pages: 208
Description: Social scientists, though interested in fashion theories, have rarely addressed the material qualities of clothing. In contrast, traditional studies of dress have focused on textiles but neglect the context within which dress becomes consumed as clothing. This book aims to combine these two 'camps' through a material culture approach to clothing.
Synopsis: This book puts the material back into clothing. In recent years social scientists have become increasingly interested in theories of fashion, but have rarely directly addressed the material qualities of clothing. By contrast, traditional studies of dress have focused on textiles but often neglect the larger cultural context within which dress becomes consumed as clothing. This book fills a major gap by combining these two 'camps' through an expressly material culture approach to clothing. In sustained case studies, Kchler and Miller argue that cloth and clothing are living, vibrant parts of culture and the body. From the recycling of cloth in Africa and India and the use of pattern in the Pacific, to the history of 'wash and wear' and why women wear the wrong clothes to restaurants in London, this book shows the considerable advantage gained by seamlessly combining material and social aspects of dress and textiles.
Illustrations: 1, black & white illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Returns: Non-returnable
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